Baseball Game Preview: St. Joseph Knights vs. San Dimas Saints

The St. Joseph Knights will take on the San Dimas Saints at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams were dealt some close losses in their previous games and are determined not to let this one get away.

St. Joseph heads in on the heels of a playoff game on Saturday. They fell just short of Centennial by a score of 8-6. The Knights' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

Erik Furness and Ashton Bluem stepped up to the plate in a big way. Furness went 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, and one double, while Bluem went 3-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one double. That triple marked the first that Bluem has hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Santana Covarrubias, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one run and one RBI.

Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for San Dimas' offense. They fell just short of Glendora by a score of 2-0 on Saturday. Considering the last time the Saints couldn't score was back in April, the team can't take the result too hard.

James Rocha was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.

San Dimas' loss dropped their record down to 19-11. As for St. Joseph, their defeat dropped their record down to 24-7.