Baseball Preview: Ontario Christian Knights vs. St. Francis Golden Knights
The Ontario Christian Knights will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the St. Francis Golden Knights at 3:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Ontario Christian sitting on four straight wins and St. Francis on three.
Ontario Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Palm Desert a 1-0 shutout. That's two games straight that Ontario Christian has won by just one run.
Palm Desert's batters probably weren't too happy with LUKE BALLANTYNE, who pitched a no hitter and racked up ten Ks (he gave up two walks).
At the plate, Ontario Christian's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was HAYDEN SLEGERS, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, St. Francis was able to grind out a solid win over Paraclete on Friday, taking the game 4-1.
Aaron Hernandez looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Holden Deitch, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Jordan Lewallen, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Ontario Christian has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-14 record this season. As for St. Francis, their victory bumped their record up to 18-13.
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