Baseball Preview: Valley Christian Warriors vs. St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats
Valley Christian is 8-2 against St. Ignatius College Preparatory since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Valley Christian Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. Valley Christian is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Valley Christian's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against St. Ignatius College Preparatory on Tuesday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildcats. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, Valley Christian's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
For St. Ignatius College Preparatory's part, they got a great performance from Will Siwinski as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Siwinski has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, St. Ignatius College Preparatory saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emmett Johnson, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Another player making a difference was AJ Wineinger, who scored a run while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Valley Christian's loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 22-4. As for St. Ignatius College Preparatory, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season.
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