The Falcon Falcons will square off against the Centaurus Warriors at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Falcon has 14 straight victories, Centaurus has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Falcon and The Classical Academy have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Saturday. The Falcons were the clear victors by a 14-1 margin over the Titans. The result was nothing new for the Falcons, who have now won seven contests by eight runs or more so far this season.
Ronan Sadorus tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Falcon got a massive performance out of Brayden Millikan, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI and two runs. Another player making a difference was Ethan Gentz, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.
Falcon always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .636. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as The Classical Academy only posted an OBP of .368.
Meanwhile, Centaurus didn't have quite enough to beat Monarch on Saturday and fell 2-1.
Centaurus saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Parker Hilt, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI.
Falcon's win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-3-1. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Centaurus, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-13-1.
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