The Monarch Knights are taking a road trip to face off against the Saint Andrew's Scots at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Monarch has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Saint Andrew's will come in with seven straight wins.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Monarch and Deerfield Beach, and Deerfield Beach kept the tradition alive. Monarch fell just short of Deerfield Beach by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Saint Andrew's beat Community School of Naples 5-2 on Friday. That's two games straight that the Scots have won by exactly three runs.
Saint Andrew's got a great performance from Michael Tight as he struck out 14 batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits (and only one walk). The dominant performance gave Tight a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, Saint Andrew's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Aaron Tralongo, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Tralongo also hit a double, marking his first of the season.
Saint Andrew's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Monarch, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.
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