Baseball Preview: Valley Christian Warriors vs. St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats
Valley Christian is 9-1 against St. Ignatius College Preparatory since March of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Valley Christian Warriors will look to defend their home field against the St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. Valley Christian will be looking to keep their 11-game home win streak alive.
Valley Christian is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Bellarmine College Prep an 11-0 shutout on Saturday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded Valley Christian with their most commanding win of the season.
Valley Christian got a great performance from Rohan Kasanagottu as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Kasanagottu has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Hunter Fujimoto was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Tatum Marsh, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, St. Ignatius College Preparatory's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Serra.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Makai Susor, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Valley Christian is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season. As for St. Ignatius College Preparatory, their loss dropped their record down to 15-7.
Valley Christian beat St. Ignatius College Preparatory 4-0 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will Valley Christian repeat their success, or does St. Ignatius College Preparatory have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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