The Bonsall Legionnaires will look to defend their home field on Monday against the St. Joseph Academy Crusaders at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bonsall has seven straight victories, St. Joseph Academy has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Bonsall can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Thursday. They blew past High Tech NC 17-3. While fans of Bonsall might be used to big wins, the 14-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Rowan Collup and Peyton Yang made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Collup pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Yang struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Collup scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Yang scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Orlando Mencias was a standout: he scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Raul Martinez Jr. was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
St. Joseph Academy lost 14-3 to Mountain Empire on Thursday.
St. Joseph Academy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Asher Larkin, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Wadds, who scored a run and stole two bases.
Bonsall is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. As for St. Joseph Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
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