The Guerin Catholic Golden Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Greenfield-Central Cougars at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Guerin Catholic's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Greenfield-Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Guerin Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Zionsville, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Guerin Catholic was ranked 15th). Guerin Catholic came out on top against Zionsville by a score of 7-2 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Greenfield-Central didn't have quite enough to beat Mt. Vernon on Thursday and fell 2-1. Greenfield-Central has struggled against Mt. Vernon recently, as their game on Thursday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Landon Brooks was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out ten batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off nine hits (and only one walk).
Even though they lost, Greenfield-Central didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mt. Vernon only tossed four.
Guerin Catholic's win bumped their record up to 16-4. As for Greenfield-Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-9.
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