Baseball Game Preview: Centaurus Warriors vs. Falcon Falcons

The Centaurus Warriors will venture away from home to face off against the Falcon Falcons at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Centaurus has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Falcon will arrive with 14 straight wins.

Last Saturday, Centaurus didn't have quite enough to beat Monarch and fell 2-1.

Centaurus saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Parker Hilt, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI.

For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Falcon and The Classical Academy have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Saturday. The Falcons blew past the Titans 14-1. Considering the Falcons have won seven matches by more than seven runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Ronan Sadorus tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Falcon got a massive performance out of Brayden Millikan, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI and two runs. Garrett Kyle was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run.

Falcon always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .636. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as The Classical Academy only posted an OBP of .368.

Falcon's victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-3-1. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Centaurus, their loss dropped their record down to 9-13-1.