The Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish will take on the Burlingame Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory sitting on three straight wins and Burlingame on four.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They walked away with a 4-0 victory over El Camino.
Alexei Tioupine looked comfortable as he tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Max Matthews was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Those hits were his first of the season. Tommy Do was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .414. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, everything went Burlingame's way against El Camino on Wednesday as Burlingame made off with an 11-3 win.
Dionisios Vorrises looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Furthermore, he didn't allow a single walk, the first time he has blanked an opponent since back in April of 2024.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Rodrigo Beltranena, who scored four runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in April of 2024. Another player making a difference was Drew Gall, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3.
Burlingame's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-0. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, their record now sits at 4-1.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Burlingame struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.5 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory came up short against Burlingame in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, falling 7-2. Can Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
