The Eastside Catholic Crusaders will challenge the Ballard Beavers at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Eastside Catholic fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Roosevelt on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Roughriders by a score of 3-2. The Crusaders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Tristan Weigum was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Eastside Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Long, who went 3-for-5 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Ballard's offense. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Seattle Prep on Wednesday. The matchup marked the first time this year in which the Beavers were not able to get on the board.
Eastside Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 9-12. As for Ballard, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-10.
Eastside Catholic got the 'W' when the teams last played two weeks ago against Ballard by a conclusive 8-2 score. Will the Crusaders repeat their success, or do the Beavers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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