The Union City Soaring Eagles will face off against the St. Benedict's Prep Gray Bees at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Union City is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
St. Benedict's Prep's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Saturday: Union City hadn't allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. The Soaring Eagles never let Memorial get on the board and left with a 3-0 win on Friday.
Not much got past Guillermo Soto, who gave up just three hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Memorial off the board.
At the plate, Jayden Perez and Jean Calderon did most of the damage at the plate: Perez scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Calderon scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but St. Benedict's Prep ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 8-7 victory over Barringer.
The win got St. Benedict's Prep back to even at 1-1. As for Union City, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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