Baseball Preview: Quantico Warriors vs. Seton Conquistadors
Quantico is 0-7 against Seton since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Quantico Warriors will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Seton Conquistadors, where first pitch is scheduled at 5:00 p.m. Seton took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Quantico, who comes in off a win.
Quantico is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Immanuel Christian 11-4.
Quantico got a massive performance out of J Sowinski, who scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was T Bleigh, who went 3-for-5 with six RBI and two stolen bases.
Meanwhile, Seton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took an 8-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of Liberty. That's two games in a row now that Seton has lost by exactly three runs.
Seton saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Robbie Gasser, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Quantico made their fans wait, but they earned their first win of the season to make their record 1-6. As for Seton, their loss dropped their record down to 3-10.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Thursday as neither team is afraid to steal. Quantico has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 7.7 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Seton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.3. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Quantico suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Seton in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Seton's Finbar Clune, who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). Now that Quantico knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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