St. Francis typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Montini Catholic proved too difficult a challenge. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the St. Francis Spartans 3-1. The win was familiar territory for Montini Catholic who now have three in a row.
Blake Heyer spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, Montini Catholic's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was AJ Manganello, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Montini Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8-1 record this season. As for St. Francis, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 16-8 record this season.
Montini Catholic will have a chance to go back-to-back against St. Francis: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
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