Baseball Recap: St. Augustine Saints vs. Patrick Henry Patriots
St. Augustine stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Patrick Henry Patriots a 6-0 shutout. The victory was nothing new for St. Augustine as they're now sitting on seven straight.
St. Augustine got a great performance from Michael Ivanjack as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over six innings pitched. Ivanjack has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Grayson Keleman, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
On Patrick Henry's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Preston Conklin, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
St. Augustine's win bumped their record up to 16-2. As for Patrick Henry, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 15-5.
St. Augustine will head out on the road to face off against Point Loma at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Augustine: 2.1, Point Loma: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Patrick Henry, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Cathedral Catholic at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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