St. John Bosco is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Bakersfield Christian is on a 12-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The St. John Bosco Braves will take on the Bakersfield Christian Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. John Bosco: 3.5, Bakersfield Christian: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. John Bosco is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Birmingham onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory.
Not much got past Julian Garcia, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Birmingham off the board. Those ten strikeouts set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, St. John Bosco's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Owen Tomich, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Zach Woodson, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Bakersfield Christian sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 victory over Point Loma on Thursday.
St. John Bosco has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-11 record this season. As for Bakersfield Christian, their win bumped their record up to 28-5.
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