Baseball Recap: St. Joseph Academy Flashes vs. Father Lopez Green Wave
St. Joseph Academy stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Father Lopez Green Wave as the St. Joseph Academy Flashes made off with a 10-4 victory. The win was nothing new for St. Joseph Academy as they're now sitting on eight straight.
Neil Gornto looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Gavin Comer relieved him and did a solid job, tossing three innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits.
At the plate, Eli Robshaw was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Aiden Torrez was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
On Father Lopez's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Sager, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Rivas, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
St. Joseph Academy's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-3. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.4 runs per game. As for Father Lopez, their loss dropped their record down to 8-7.
St. Joseph Academy will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Providence School at 4:30 p.m. Providence School hasn't scored more than one runs for three games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse. As for Father Lopez, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Orangewood Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Father Lopez's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Orangewood Christian's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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