The St. Bonaventure Seraphs will venture away from home to challenge the Santa Paula Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, St. Bonaventure earned an 8-5 victory over Thacher. The Seraphs haven't had any issues with the Toads recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Joey Colitti
| 03/27/25 vs Thacher | 1 |
| 03/25/25 @ Thacher | 0 |
| 02/20/25 @ Royal | 1 |
| 02/17/25 vs Fillmore | 1 |
Joey Colitti looked comfortable as he pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, St. Bonaventure got a massive performance out of Rowen Kaiser, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3. That's the most hits Kaiser has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Luc Beauchemin, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Santa Paula). Everything went their way against Nordhoff on Friday as Santa Paula made off with a 10-2 victory. Winning may never get old, but the Cardinals sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Ruben Venegas spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on three hits and racked up nine Ks.
At the plate, Aaron Gonzalez was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.
Santa Paula always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .515. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Nordhoff only posted an OBP of .227.
Santa Paula pushed their record up to 6-8 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.2 runs over those games. As for St. Bonaventure, their record is now 6-4.
St. Bonaventure came up short against Santa Paula when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 11-6. Can St. Bonaventure avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
