Baseball Game Preview: St. Augustine Saints vs. Granite Hills Eagles

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Previous Games

03/17/25 - Home	4-10 L
03/26/24 - Away	0-2 L
03/20/24 - Away	4-0 W
05/18/19 - Neutral	0-1 L
05/15/19 - Home	2-1 W
+ 5 more games

St. Augustine and Granite Hills are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2015, but likely not for long. The Saints will face off against the Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. Augustine 3.3, Granite Hills 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.

St. Augustine is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Carlsbad 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Saints.

Grayson Boles spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered a run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, St. Augustine secured the victory behind a pair of hitters. One of them was Shane Miranda, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.

Meanwhile, Granite Hills strolled into their game on Wednesday with an undefeated record and they left with the same. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Del Norte, sneaking past 8-6. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Eagles have posted since April 9th.

Granite Hills pushed their record up to 21-0-2 with the victory, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for St. Augustine, their victory bumped their record up to 19-9-1.

The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. St. Augustine has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.5 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Granite Hills struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 8 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.

St. Augustine might still be hurting after the 10-4 defeat they got from Granite Hills in their previous meeting back in March. Can the Saints avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.