Baseball Game Preview: St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders vs. Bloomingdale Bulls

The St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders will square off against the Bloomingdale Bulls at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. Thomas Aquinas 2.8, Bloomingdale 1.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.

St. Thomas Aquinas is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They put the hurt on Doral Academy with a sharp 12-6 win. Considering the Raiders have won 20 matches by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Brady Buxbaum was a standout: he got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Andrew Alvarez was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI.

Meanwhile, Bloomingdale won against Viera on Thursday with three runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. The Bulls beat the Hawks by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulls.

Bloomingdale also got a great performance from James Osting as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over 6.2 innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts Osting has posted since back in April.

On the hitting side, Bloomingdale's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Trey Baker, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run. That's the most hits Baker has posted since back in March.

St. Thomas Aquinas is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 27-6-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs over those games. As for Bloomingdale, they pushed their record up to 28-6 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.