Baseball Preview: Menlo School Knights vs. South San Francisco Warriors
Menlo School is 6-1 against South San Francisco since March of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Menlo School Knights will look to defend their home field against the South San Francisco Warriors at 4:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Menlo School comes in on five and South San Francisco on six.
Menlo School is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Gonzales a 4-0 shutout.
The result came thanks to Ryan Schnell's shutout, as he gave up just three hits and racked up six Ks. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Menlo School saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Flanagan, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. Jack Freehill was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, South San Francisco won against Priory last Thursday with six runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. South San Francisco came out on top in a nail-biter against Evergreen Valley and snuck past 6-4. That's two games straight that South San Francisco has won by exactly two runs.
Martin Chen was incredible, scoring a run while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Nabung, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Menlo School's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-9. As for South San Francisco, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season.
Everything went Menlo School's way against South San Francisco when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Menlo School made off with an 8-2 win. Does Menlo School have another victory up their sleeve, or will South San Francisco turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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