Baseball Game Preview: Aquinas Institute Little Irish vs. St. Francis Red Raiders

The Aquinas Institute Little Irish will square off against the St. Francis Red Raiders at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

On Tuesday, Aquinas Institute made easy work of Northstar Christian Academy and carried off a 9-1 win. The Little Irish might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matches by six runs or more this season.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for St. Francis, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They walked away with a 4-1 victory over Bishop Timon-St. Jude on Friday.

St. Francis' win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Luke Panzarella, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base.

Aquinas Institute's victory bumped their record up to 10-7. As for St. Francis, their win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-12-1.