The St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders will challenge the West Boca Raton Bulls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Thomas Aquinas will be strutting in after a victory while West Boca Raton will be coming in after a loss.
St. Thomas Aquinas made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Nova, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Raiders put the hurt on the Titans with a sharp 12-1 win on Thursday. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 games by six runs or more this season.
Brady Buxbaum was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Buxbaum was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other pitching news, Thomas Giltner looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched.
Back at the plate, Andrew Alvarez was incredible, firing off two home runs, five RBI, and three runs while going 4-for-4. That's the most home runs he has posted since back in March of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Cole Lasher, who went 1-for-3 with one home run and three RBI.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 11 runs the game before, West Boca Raton was a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They came up short against Wellington, falling 10-2.
Casey Turner was cooking despite his team's loss, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base and one double. That double was his first of the season.
St. Thomas Aquinas is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-5-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for West Boca Raton, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-12.
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