St. Albans waltzed into their match on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They never let the St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Saints onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. This was payback for St. Albans, who suffered a 3-2 loss the last time these two teams met.
The result came thanks to Myles Upchurch's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up 13 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Peter Pinto, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Sammy Findler, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
St. Albans has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-10 record this season. As for St. Stephen's & St. Agnes, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-12.
St. Albans will have a chance to go back-to-back against St. Stephen's & St. Agnes: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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