After some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last three contests, Central Catholic finally came back down to earth on Monday. They fell 6-1 to the North Allegheny Tigers. The Vikings haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Austin Quinlan was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits.
At the plate, Central Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Reece Hankinson, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double.
Central Catholic's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 6-5. As for North Allegheny, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-4.
While Central Catholic had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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