Baseball Preview: St. Mary's Rams vs. Valley Christian Warriors
St. Mary is on a seven-game streak of home wins, while Valley Christian is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The St. Mary's Rams will take on the Valley Christian Warriors at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Mary's: 1.6, Valley Christian: 2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. Mary's is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 6-1 victory over Rocklin.
Tanner Grove spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up nine Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, St. Mary's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Michael Quedens, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Errecart, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Valley Christian had to settle for a 7-5 loss against Archbishop Mitty on Wednesday.
St. Mary's has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 20 of their last 21 games, which provided a nice bump to their 28-5 record this season. As for Valley Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 27-5.
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