The Centennial Huskies are taking a road trip to challenge the Aquinas Falcons at 10:00 a.m. on Monday. Centennial is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Centennial came up short against Norco and fell 7-4.
Devin Bishop was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Simpson, who went 2-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Aquinas is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Jesuit. The Falcons fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 4-3. The game marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Johnny Tena made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played. Jacob Bitonti was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two runs.
Centennial now has a losing record of 5-6. As for Aquinas, their loss dropped their record down to 6-2.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Centennial has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Aquinas struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.6 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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