Cardinal Gibbons is on a four-game streak of home wins, while St. Thomas Aquinas is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. Cardinal Gibbons will welcome St. Thomas Aquinas at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Cardinal Gibbons is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Cardinal Newman just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Friday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (4-3), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time.
Randy Petron
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Cardinal Gibbons saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Randy Petron, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Petron has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Thomas Aquinas). They blew past Jupiter 19-5 on Friday. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by six runs or more this season.
Andrew Alvarez was incredible, going 3-for-4 with one home run, six RBI, and three runs. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March of 2024. Another player making a difference was Nico Sabatino, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
St. Thomas Aquinas was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .484. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .400 or higher in five consecutive games.
St. Thomas Aquinas is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-4-1 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.9 runs over those games. Cardinal Gibbons' defeat dropped their record down to 7-10.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Cardinal Gibbons has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like St. Thomas Aquinas struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 7.9 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Cardinal Gibbons couldn't quite get it done against St. Thomas Aquinas in their previous matchup back in February as they fell 8-3. Can Cardinal Gibbons avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
