Seton Catholic and St. Mary are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Seton Catholic Sentinels will be playing in front of their home fans against the St. Mary's Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Seton Catholic has four straight victories, St. Mary's has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Seton Catholic can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent contest on Tuesday. They blew past Marcos de Niza 10-3.
P.J. Rafford spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on ten hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Chase Ries, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 4-for-5. Max Peterson was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases.
Meanwhile, St. Mary's suffered a rough 11-1 defeat at the hands of Mesquite on Wednesday. That's two games in a row now that St. Mary's has lost by exactly ten runs.
Seton Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for St. Mary's, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13.
Everything went Seton Catholic's way against St. Mary's in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Seton Catholic made off with a 13-1 win. Will Seton Catholic repeat their success, or does St. Mary's have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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