Baseball Recap: Strake Jesuit Fighting Crusaders vs. Pearland Oilers
Strake Jesuit lost against Pearland last Tuesday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Strake Jesuit Fighting Crusaders' tough 11-4 defeat to the Pearland Oilers might stick with them for a while. Strake Jesuit has not had much luck with Pearland recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
For Pearland's part, Nicholas Partida was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Partida was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Pearland got a great performance from Jaiden Barfield as he struck out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits.
Back at the plate, Pearland let John Moya and Isaiah Castaneda loose on the outfield. Moya scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3, while Castaneda scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Damian Landry was another key contributor, going 2-for-5 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Strake Jesuit's loss dropped their record down to 22-8. As for Pearland, they pushed their record up to 25-6-2 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Strake Jesuit will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Shadow Creek at 6:00 p.m. Strake Jesuit is facing Shadow Creek at the right time seeing as Shadow Creek is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Pearland, they will head out on the road to face off against Alief Hastings at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pearland's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so Alief Hastings' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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