The Kalamazoo Central Maroon Giants will venture away from home to challenge the Sacred Heart Academy Irish at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Kalamazoo Central sitting on six straight wins and Sacred Heart Academy on seven.
Kalamazoo Central will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Portage Central, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. The Maroon Giants walked away with an 11-6 victory over the Mustangs on Thursday.
Colin Hoenle was incredible, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, one triple, and one run. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Tro Fellings, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Sacred Heart Academy's rock-solid pitchers showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Coleman with a sharp 11-0 win. Considering the Irish have won six games by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Kalamazoo Central's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-6. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Sacred Heart Academy, their record now sits at 7-1.
Kalamazoo Central came up short against Sacred Heart Academy in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, falling 3-0. Can the Maroon Giants avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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