Baseball Recap: St. Mary's Rams vs. Archbishop Mitty Monarchs
St. Mary extended their postseason success on Thursday against Archbishop Mitty. They had just enough and edged the Archbishop Mitty Monarchs out 7-6. The win was familiar territory for St. Mary's who now have 19 in a row.
Dax Hardcastle made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Hardcastle has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Hardcastle was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Rolen Reyes, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base. Brayden Wilson was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
St. Mary's has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 22 of their last 23 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 30-5 record this season. As for Archbishop Mitty, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-13-1.
St. Mary's will head out on the road to square off against Granada at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Granada is on a eight-game streak of home wins, St. Mary's a seven-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. Archbishop Mitty does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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