Baseball Preview: Valley Christian Warriors vs. St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats
Valley Christian is 8-2 against St. Ignatius College Preparatory since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Valley Christian Warriors will look to defend their home field against the St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Tuesday, it was close, but Valley Christian sidestepped Archbishop Riordan for a 2-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Valley Christian.
Rohan Kasanagottu spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up 12 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Valley Christian's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Rocco Muccilli, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, St. Ignatius College Preparatory sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 victory over Saint Francis on Tuesday.
Will Siwinski tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over 4.1 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Evann Smith, who went 1-for-3 with four RBI and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Emmett Johnson, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Valley Christian is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season. As for St. Ignatius College Preparatory, their win bumped their record up to 18-8.
Valley Christian beat St. Ignatius College Preparatory 3-0 in their previous meeting on Friday. Does Valley Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Ignatius College Preparatory turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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