Catholic is on a three-game streak of home losses, and Bentonville West a four-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Friday. The Catholic Rockets will take on the Bentonville West Wolverines at 11:15 a.m. Catholic's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Bentonville West's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Catholic fell victim to Bryant and their airtight pitching crew last Thursday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hornets. The match marked the first time this year in which the Rockets were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Bentonville West didn't have quite enough to beat Raymore-Peculiar on Thursday and fell 4-3.
Jonathan Veira made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and one double. Eli Brown also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Bentonville West's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 2-6.
Everything went Catholic's way against Bentonville West in their previous matchup back in May of 2018, as Catholic made off with a 14-6 victory. Does Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bentonville West turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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