Baseball Preview: Archbishop Mitty Monarchs vs. Granite Bay Grizzlies
After four games on the road, Archbishop Mitty is heading back home. They will take on the Granite Bay Grizzlies at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Archbishop Mitty is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top against St. Ignatius College Preparatory by a score of 6-2.
Luka Pintar spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned runs on five hits.
On the hitting side, Tanner Kern and Nico Rodriguez did most of the damage at the plate: Kern went 2-for-2 with a triple, two RBI, and a run, while Rodriguez scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Makoa Sniffen, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Granite Bay had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past the Thundering Herd 4-3.
Chase Bentley made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Bentley has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Bentley was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
Bentley wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Peter Caldera, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base. Caldera has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
Archbishop Mitty is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-12-1 record this season. As for Granite Bay, their win bumped their record up to 24-9.
Archbishop Mitty skirted past Granite Bay 4-2 when the teams last played back in June of 2022. Will Archbishop Mitty repeat their success, or does Granite Bay have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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