Baseball Preview: Xavier Prep Saints vs. La Quinta Blackhawks
Xavier Prep is 2-8 against La Quinta since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Xavier Prep Saints will head out on the road to take on the La Quinta Blackhawks at 6:30 p.m. Xavier Prep's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so La Quinta's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
If Xavier Prep beats La Quinta with four runs on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Xavier Prep's pitcher stepped up to hand Palm Springs a 4-0 shutout on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Xavier Prep.
Kainoa Luna spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on two hits and racked up 13 Ks.
At the plate, Xavier Prep saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jordan Chancellor, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Wente, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, La Quinta unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 6-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Hills. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for La Quinta in their matchups with South Hills: they've now lost three in a row.
The win got Xavier Prep back to even at 13-13. As for La Quinta, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-7.
Xavier Prep came up short against La Quinta when the teams last played back in March, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of La Quinta's Javier Vasquez, who struck out seven batters over 8.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that Xavier Prep knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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