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| 04/19/24 - Away | 0-4 L |
| 04/18/24 - Home | 4-1 W |
| 04/16/24 - Away | 1-0 W |
| 05/17/23 - Home | 1-5 L |
| 05/15/23 - Away | 7-6 W |
| + 5 more games |
Central Catholic has gone 8-2 against Sandy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Rams will look to defend their home field against the Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Central Catholic sitting on four straight victories and Sandy on nine.
Central Catholic's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Reynolds with a sharp 9-0 win.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sandy). They blew past David Douglas 23-2 on Tuesday. The Pioneers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by seven runs or more this season.
Cal Green was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Green was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with two RBI and one run. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kobe Sparks, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and one stolen base. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Johnathin Silvis, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with three RBI and two runs.
Sandy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .433. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as David Douglas only posted a batting average of .118.
Sandy's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-2. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.4 runs over those games. As for Central Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 12-4-1.
Central Catholic couldn't quite get it done against Sandy in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 as they fell 4-0. Will the Rams have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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