St. Paul Academy-Summit is 1-9 against Providence Academy since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The St. Paul Academy-Summit Spartans are on the road again to play the Providence Academy Lions at 7:00 p.m.
On Monday, it was a hard-fought match, but St. Paul Academy-Summit had to settle for an 8-7 defeat against Minnehaha Academy.
Meanwhile, Providence Academy had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.6 runs), and they went ahead and made it eight on Friday. Everything went their way against the Chargers as they made off with a 16-6 win. Providence Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won eight matchups by six runs or more this season.
Jacob Cisewski and Josh Wilson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Cisewski struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. Meanwhile, Wilson tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Cisewski has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Cisewski scored a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Wilson scored three runs.
In other batting news, Tomas Palomarez was a standout: he scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabriel Nathe, who scored four runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4.
St. Paul Academy-Summit's loss dropped their record down to 1-11. As for Providence Academy, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-3.
St. Paul Academy-Summit might still be hurting after the 17-7 defeat they got from Providence Academy when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Providence Academy's Romeo Sweet, who fired off two home runs and five RBI while going 2-for-4. Now that St. Paul Academy-Summit knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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