Baseball Game Preview: St. Anthony Saints vs. Palmer Trinity Falcons

The St. Anthony Saints will square off against the Palmer Trinity Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Palmer Trinity will be up against a hot St. Anthony team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. St. Anthony blew past Salesian 16-1 on Tuesday. The Saints might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by seven runs or more this season.

Austin Cassidy made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Cassidy was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.

Matthew James

Runs (Career)

03/25/25 vs Salesian	3
02/26/25 vs Sage Hill	2
03/15/25 vs Bishop Montgomery	1
02/25/25 @ Paramount	1
02/21/25 vs Artesia	1

In other batting news, Matthew James was excellent, scoring three runs while going 2-for-2. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Jason Glenn was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.

St. Anthony hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most four strikeouts in four consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Palmer Trinity was able to grind out a solid win over Monte Vista on Tuesday, taking the game 12-9. That's two games straight that the Falcons have won by exactly three runs.

Kevin Prieto and Nicholas Miraglia did most of the damage at the plate: Prieto scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4, while Miraglia went 2-for-5 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Prieto also put up a triple, which was his first of the season. Another player making a difference was Tommy Barcinas Jr., who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.

Palmer Trinity has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs over those games. St. Anthony now has a winning record of 7-6.