The St. Augustine Saints will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Scripps Ranch Falcons at 4:00 p.m. The timing is sure in St. Augustine's favor as the squad sits on eight straight wins at home while Scripps Ranch has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
St. Augustine stacked a fifth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They were the clear victor by an 11-3 margin over Bonita Vista. St. Augustine's win was all the more impressive since Bonita Vista was averaging only 3.13 runs allowed on the season.
St. Augustine got a great performance from Grayson Boles as he tossed five innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits.
On the hitting side, Reyluis Ramirez and Thomas Carney did most of the damage at the plate: Ramirez scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Carney scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Grayson Keleman, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Scripps Ranch's offense. They fell just short of Cathedral Catholic by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. The contest marked that first time this season in which Scripps Ranch was not able to get on the board.
Jake Sakurauchi spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on two hits.
St. Augustine is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season. As for Scripps Ranch, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-11.
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