Mount Michael Benedictine and Gross Catholic are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Mount Michael Benedictine Knights will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Gross Catholic Cougars at 4:30 p.m. Mount Michael Benedictine will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Mount Michael Benedictine is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Tekamah-Herman on Tuesday as Mount Michael Benedictine made off with an 18-3 win. With that victory, Mount Michael Benedictine brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.
Barett Sykora made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Sykora has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Sykora was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Rocco Zimmerman was incredible, scoring four runs while going 2-for-5. Another player making a difference was Jack Stanek, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Gross Catholic faced Elkhorn in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Gross Catholic fell 4-1 to Elkhorn. Gross Catholic has not had much luck with Elkhorn recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Charlie Yeshnowski was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits.
Mount Michael Benedictine pushed their record up to 8-10 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Gross Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 11-6.
Mount Michael Benedictine came up short against Gross Catholic in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 12-9. Can Mount Michael Benedictine avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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