The St. Albans Bulldogs will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Saints at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Albans has four straight wins, St. Stephen's & St. Agnes has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. Albans' pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against St. Stephen's & St. Agnes by a score of 4-0.
Not much got past Myles Upchurch, who gave up just two hits and racked up 13 Ks to keep St. Stephen's & St. Agnes off the board. Upchurch has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, 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 is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-10 record this season. As for St. Stephen's & St. Agnes, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-12.
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