Baseball Game Preview: Sanford on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Apr 28, 2024, 2:30am

Baseball Preview: Sanford Warriors vs. St. Andrew's Cardinals

Sanford and St. Andrew are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2017, but likely not for long. The Sanford Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the St. Andrew's Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sanford has seven straight victories, St. Andrew's has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Sanford is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Delaware's top teams: Newark Charter School, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Sanford was ranked seventh). Sanford put the hurt on Newark Charter School with a sharp 8-1 win on Friday. Sanford might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won six matches by seven runs or more this season.

Sanford let Brady Bollman and Brady Fox loose on the outfield. Bollman scored a run while going 1-for-3, while Fox scored two runs while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, St. Andrew's fell victim to Brandywine and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They lost 10-0 to the Bulldogs.

Sanford's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-1. As for St. Andrew's, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.

Everything went Sanford's way against St. Andrew's in their previous meeting on April 9th as Sanford made off with a 10-0 win. Will Sanford repeat their success, or does St. Andrew's have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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