Preview: St. Joseph Academy Flashes vs. St. Johns Country Day Spartans
St. Joseph Academy is 0-10 against St. Johns Country Day since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The St. Joseph Academy Flashes will look to defend their home field against the St. Johns Country Day Spartans at 6:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Tuesday, St. Joseph Academy fell victim to a rough 23-13 defeat at the hands of Father Lopez. St. Joseph Academy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Alexa Schenck made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Victoria Ashworth, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, St. Johns Country Day earned a 10-6 victory over Harvest Community two weeks ago. The win was just what St. Johns Country Day needed coming off of a 16-2 loss in their prior contest.
Jules Raimondi made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out ten batters over seven innings while giving up four earned (and two unearned) runs off nine hits (and not a single walk). Raimondi was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Caden Brown, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. Gabriela Oceguera was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
St. Joseph Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for St. Johns Country Day, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
St. Johns Country Day's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: St. Joseph Academy hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .373. It's a different story for St. Johns Country Day, though, as they've only averaged .243. Will they be able to contain St. Joseph Academy's hitters?
St. Joseph Academy came up short against St. Johns Country Day in their previous matchup back in February, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Raimondi, who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). Now that St. Joseph Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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