The Cathedral Fighting Irish will challenge the Hanover Central Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Cathedral is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Evansville Memorial 4-2. Four seems to be a good number for the Fighting Irish as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Sidney Feczko spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on five hits and racked up 13 Ks.
On the hitting side, Anna Moore was excellent, going 1-for-3 with one home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Amya Gary, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one double.
Meanwhile, Hanover Central faced Western in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Wildcats sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over the Panthers. The win was familiar territory for the Wildcats, who have now won seven matchups in a row.
Jillian Deyoung made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 13 over nine innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in seven consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one home run.
Deyoung wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Brooklyn Oostman, who went 1-for-4 with one triple and one RBI.
The victory (which was Cathedral's fifth in a row) raised their record to 28-2. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Hanover Central, their record is now 18-12.
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