Baseball Game Preview: Sandalwood Saints vs. Stanton Blue Devils

By Team Reports Apr 7, 2024, 2:56am

Baseball Preview: Sandalwood Saints vs. Stanton Blue Devils

Sandalwood is 7-0 against Stanton since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Sandalwood Saints will be playing at home against the Stanton Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Sandalwood had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Baldwin 3-1.

Trenton Baskin spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on four hits.

On the hitting side, Sandalwood saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Reid Linsangan, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Dalton Tibbetts, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two RBI.

Stanton can finally bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They walked away with a 9-6 win over Raines. The victory was just what Stanton needed coming off of an 11-3 loss in their prior match.

The win got Sandalwood back to even at 8-8. As for Stanton, their victory bumped their record up to 3-9.

Sandalwood was able to grind out a solid win over Stanton when the teams last played back in March of 2023, winning 10-5. Does Sandalwood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Stanton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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