Ukiah is 1-9 against Cardinal Newman since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Ukiah Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Cardinal Newman Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Friday, Ukiah was able to grind out a solid win over Analy, taking the game 7-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Ukiah.
The team relied heavily on Trevor Schlafer, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and a double. Canyon Loflin was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Newman waltzed into their match on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Thundering Herd and snuck past 4-2.
Cardinal Newman saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aidan Wedge, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Ukiah has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Cardinal Newman, they pushed their record up to 16-5 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Ukiah has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Cardinal Newman struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Ukiah came up short against Cardinal Newman when the teams last played on April 10th, falling 4-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cardinal Newman's Josh Jannicelli, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 16 over seven innings pitched. Now that Ukiah knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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