The Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish will head out on the road to challenge the El Camino Colts at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory's pitching crew has only allowed 1.8 runs per game this season, so El Camino's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
If Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory beats El Camino with six runs on Saturday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory walked away with a 6-3 victory over Tamalpais on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Fightin' Irish.
Cooper Rogers-Lewis tossed a big game, striking out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits.
On the hitting side, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Vines, who scored a run while going 1-for-1. The dominant performance also gave Vines a new career-high in RBI (two). Chasin Deninger was another, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, El Camino came into Friday's match having lost nine straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. Everything went their way against Jefferson on Friday as El Camino made off with a 16-0 victory. The Colts' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Carlos Alcala made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Alcala was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing Three bases. while going 2-for-4. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 1.2 stolen bases per game.
In other batting news, Nicholas Jang was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-2. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Mikealo Osorio, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-3.
El Camino always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
El Camino's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-4. As for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, their record now sits at 3-1.
