Baseball Game Preview: St. Joseph Academy Bloodhounds vs. Hanna Golden Eagles

The St. Joseph Academy Bloodhounds will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Hanna Golden Eagles at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.

St. Joseph Academy will face Hanna after dropping another heartbreaker against Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial last Friday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 of beating them. St. Joseph Academy fell just short of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial by a score of 2-1. The loss continues a trend for the Bloodhounds in their meetings with the Wolverines: they've now lost three in a row.

Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Hanna took on Mission on Friday. Hanna fell just short of Mission by a score of 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Golden Eagles have suffered since March 13, 2024.

Hanna saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joseph Ruiz, who went 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI. That double was Ruiz's first of the season.

Hanna dropped their record down to 4-5 with the loss, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for St. Joseph Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.