TMI-Episcopal and St. Joseph are an even 4-4-1 against one another since March of 2015, but likely not for long. The TMI-Episcopal Panthers will head out on the road to take on the St. Joseph Flyers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
TMI-Episcopal waltzed into their game on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They were the clear victor by a 9-3 margin over the Barons. Nine seems to be a good number for TMI-Episcopal as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ankith Padala was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off eight hits. Padala has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks every time he's pitched this season. Padala was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brody Worrich, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last matchup, St. Joseph made sure to put some runs up on the board against St. Anthony on Friday. St. Joseph put the hurt on St. Anthony with a sharp 15-1 win.
TMI-Episcopal's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-9-1. As for St. Joseph, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 25-9-3 record this season.
Everything went TMI-Episcopal's way against St. Joseph in their previous matchup back in March as TMI-Episcopal made off with a 9-3 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for TMI-Episcopal since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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