The Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin Lions will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the North Ridgeville Rangers at 4:45 p.m. North Ridgeville took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, who comes in off a win.
If Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin beats North Ridgeville with six runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin came out on top against Lake Catholic by a score of 6-1 on Wednesday. That's two games straight that Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin has won by exactly five runs.
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin got a great performance from Sam Hoffman as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Griffin Moskal and Cian O'Boyle did most of the damage at the plate: Moskal scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while O'Boyle got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a double and an RBI. Keenan Ryans was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, North Ridgeville came up short against Berea-Midpark on Wednesday and fell 11-6.
Gannon Padgett was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He struck out nine batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. Padgett has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Padgett was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Nicky Mealey was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two RBI. Another player making a difference was Kyle Urban, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Even though they lost, North Ridgeville didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin's win bumped their record up to 7-5. As for North Ridgeville, they dropped their record down to 12-3 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like North Ridgeville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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