Poly Prep Country Day is on a six-game streak of home wins, while St. Anthony is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Poly Prep Country Day Blue Devils will take on the St. Anthony's Friars at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Poly Prep Country Day: 3.1, St. Anthony's: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Poly Prep Country Day is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Hun, who was ranked fourth at the time (Poly Prep Country Day was ranked second). Poly Prep Country Day fell just short of Hun by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday. The match marked the first time this season in which Poly Prep Country Day was not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, St. Anthony's had just enough and edged St. Mary's out 3-1 on Wednesday.
Kevin Baez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on two hits and racked up 12 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, St. Anthony's victory was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Phil Mazzola, who went 1-for-2 with a triple.
Poly Prep Country Day's loss dropped their record down to 10-5. As for St. Anthony's, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-7 record this season.
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