Baseball Recap: St. Augustine Saints vs. Madison Warhawks
St. Augustine won the last time they faced Madison, and things went their way on Friday too. The St. Augustine Saints walked away with a 10-5 victory over the Madison Warhawks. The win made it back-to-back victories for St. Augustine.
Tyler Wick made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Wick has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one hit in four consecutive pitching appearances. Wick was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
In other pitching news, St. Augustine got a great performance from Michael Ivanjack as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Drake Konja, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Raphael Dunne, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
On Madison's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Jennings, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and a double.
St. Augustine has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Madison, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 11-14-1.
St. Augustine will be playing at home against Cathedral Catholic at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Augustine: 2.3, Cathedral Catholic: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Madison, they will head out on the road to take on Patrick Henry at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Patrick Henry will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
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