The Saint Andrew's Scots will square off against the Monarch Knights at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Saint Andrew's has seven straight wins, Monarch has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Saint Andrew's was able to grind out a solid victory over Community School of Naples, taking the game 5-2. That's two games straight that the Scots have won by exactly three runs.
Michael Tight
| 03/07/25 vs Community School of Naples | 14 |
| 02/21/25 vs Jupiter Christian | 13 |
| 02/28/25 @ Spanish River | 9 |
| 02/15/25 @ St. Thomas Aquinas | 4 |
| 04/12/24 @ Sagemont | 4 |
Saint Andrew's got a great performance from Michael Tight as he struck out 14 batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits (and only one walk). Those 14 strikeouts gave Tight a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Saint Andrew's saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aaron Tralongo, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Tralongo also put up a double, which was his first of the season.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Monarch and Deerfield Beach, and Deerfield Beach kept the tradition alive. Monarch fell just short of Deerfield Beach by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday.
Saint Andrew's pushed their record up to 8-3 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Monarch, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.
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