Baseball Preview: St. Joseph Academy Crusaders vs. Bonsall Legionnaires
The St. Joseph Academy Crusaders will head out on the road to face off against the Bonsall Legionnaires at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. St. Joseph Academy has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with six straight losses, while Bonsall will come in with seven straight victories.
St. Joseph Academy lost 14-3 to Mountain Empire on Thursday.
St. Joseph Academy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Asher Larkin, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Andrew Wadds, who scored a run and stole two bases.
Meanwhile, Bonsall can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against High Tech NC as Bonsall made off with a 17-3 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Bonsall considering their one-run performance the match before.
Rowan Collup and Peyton Yang made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Collup tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Yang struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Collup scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Yang scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Bonsall got a massive performance out of Orlando Mencias, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Tanner Buendel was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
St. Joseph Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Bonsall, they pushed their record up to 9-8 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
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