Baseball Preview: Sidwell Friends Quakers vs. St. James Saints
Sidwell Friends and St. James are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Sidwell Friends Quakers will head out on the road to take on the St. James Saints at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The last three games Sidwell Friends has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Sidwell Friends is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Flint Hill, who was ranked eighth at the time (Sidwell Friends was ranked fourth). Sidwell Friends fell just short of Flint Hill by a score of 6-5 on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that Sidwell Friends has lost by just one run.
Meanwhile, St. James came up short against Potomac School last Tuesday and fell 6-3.
Sidwell Friends' defeat dropped their record down to 9-9. As for St. James, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Sidwell Friends came out on top in a nail-biter against St. James in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, sneaking past 4-3. Will Sidwell Friends repeat their success, or does St. James have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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