Salesian College Preparatory and St. Patrick-St. Vincent are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2016, but likely not for long. The Salesian College Preparatory Pride will look to defend their home field on Monday against the St. Patrick-St. Vincent Bruins at 4:00 a.m. Salesian College Preparatory will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Last Wednesday, it was close, but Salesian College Preparatory sidestepped De Anza for a 5-4 win.
DeAmor Coleman was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out 17 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off two hits. Coleman has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Coleman was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, Ta'Leysha Thompson was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played.
Meanwhile, St. Patrick-St. Vincent suffered a rough 19-3 defeat at the hands of Campolindo on Thursday.
St. Patrick-St. Vincent saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alyssa Bourland, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-2.
Salesian College Preparatory's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for St. Patrick-St. Vincent, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Salesian College Preparatory has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 10.3 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like St. Patrick-St. Vincent struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.2 per game. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Salesian College Preparatory took their win against St. Patrick-St. Vincent in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 7-0. Will Salesian College Preparatory repeat their success, or does St. Patrick-St. Vincent have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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