St. Francis waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. They never let the Monte Vista Christian Mustangs onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. St. Francis might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won seven games by six runs or more this season.
Trey Silva made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over four innings pitched. Silva has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Silva was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with five RBI, a run, and a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Javier Fonseca, who scored three runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Donovan Dominguez, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Monte Vista Christian's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dante Darnel, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
St. Francis has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for Monte Vista Christian, their loss was their 14th straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-20.
St. Francis will square off against Pacific Grove at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pacific Grove has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 9.28 runs per game on average), something St. Francis will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Monte Vista Christian, they will be playing at home against Salinas at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Salinas' pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Monte Vista Christian's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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