The Cathedral Fighting Irish have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Mooresville Pioneers at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Cathedral: 3.6, Mooresville: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Saturday, Cathedral earned a 5-1 win over Franklin Community.
Neal Parrish tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Patrick Mazur, who scored two runs and stole two bases. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Sinsabaugh, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Mooresville had already won 11 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it 12 on Thursday. They came out on top against the Grizzly Cubs by a score of 8-5.
Hogan Denny made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Denny has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Denny was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Deklan Thompson was incredible, going 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and a run. Another player making a difference was Tyler Denny, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Cathedral's victory bumped their record up to 6-8. As for Mooresville, they pushed their record up to 13-2 with that win, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Cathedral skirted past Mooresville 6-4 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Cathedral repeat their success, or does Mooresville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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