St. Francis waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They walked away with a 5-1 victory over the Monterey Dores. For St. Francis, this counts as revenge for the 3-2 defeat Monterey walked away with the last time they faced one another back in May of 2023.
St. Francis got a great performance from Trey Silva as he struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.
At the plate, JR Pedro Ibarra was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Nash Horton, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-4.
On Monterey's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matteo Marotta-Gallegos, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
St. Francis has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. As for Monterey, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-9.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: St. Francis beat Monterey by a score of 5-2.
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