St. Ignatius College Preparatory and Bellarmine College Prep are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2022, but likely not for long. The Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Bells at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. Ignatius College Preparatory 2.3, Bellarmine College Prep 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Aragon 12-1 on Saturday. The Wildcats not only won on Saturday, but they posted their biggest win since March 28th (when they won 11-0).
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Spencer Guido looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He is becoming a predictor of St. Ignatius College Preparatory's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is 7-1-1 (and 5-6-1 when he doesn't).
At the plate, St. Ignatius College Preparatory got a big performance out of Jack Callen, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Those two RBI gave Callen a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of AJ Wineinger, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Aragon only posted an OBP of .238.
Meanwhile, Bellarmine College Prep didn't have quite enough to beat Los Altos on Saturday and fell 4-3. The Bells have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Bellarmine College Prep also got a good showing from Christian Duarte, who tossed four innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Bellarmine College Prep saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sam Mendoza, who went 1-for-3 with one run. Hudson Reid also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
The victory made it two in a row for St. Ignatius College Preparatory and bumps their season record up to 12-7-2. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. As for Bellarmine College Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 11-10.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. St. Ignatius College Preparatory has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Bellarmine College Prep struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory couldn't quite finish off Bellarmine College Prep when the teams last played on April 11th and fell 2-0. Will the Wildcats have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.
