Baseball Preview: Cardinal Newman Cardinals vs. Elk Grove Thundering Herd
Cardinal Newman is on a 11-game streak of home wins, while Elk Grove is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Cardinal Newman Cardinals will take on the Elk Grove Thundering Herd at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Cardinal Newman: 2.3, Elk Grove: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Cardinal Newman is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They won by a run and slipped past Chico 2-1. That's two games straight that Cardinal Newman has won by just one run.
Cardinal Newman saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sam Valenti, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Elk Grove owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. They came out on top against Kingsburg by a score of 5-0.
Elk Grove also got a great performance from Colton Lincoln as he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Evan Gentil, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Chase Groves was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Cardinal Newman has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 19 games, which provided a nice bump to their 26-5 record this season. As for Elk Grove, their victory bumped their record up to 22-13.
Cardinal Newman came out on top in a nail-biter against Elk Grove in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 4-2. Will Cardinal Newman repeat their success, or does Elk Grove have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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