St. Ignatius College Preparatory is 1-9 against Archbishop Mitty since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats will be staying on the road to face off against the Archbishop Mitty Monarchs at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They never let Carmel onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. St. Ignatius College Preparatory's victory was all the more impressive since Carmel was averaging only 3.55 runs allowed on the season.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory got a great performance from Chase Gordon as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Gordon has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Evann Smith was a standout: he went 3-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Emmett Johnson, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Mitty has not done well against Valley Christian recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Archbishop Mitty had just enough and edged Valley Christian out 7-5. The win made it back-to-back victories for Archbishop Mitty.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-9 record this season. As for Archbishop Mitty, their win bumped their record up to 18-12-1.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory couldn't quite finish off Archbishop Mitty in their previous meeting back in April and fell 7-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Archbishop Mitty's Luka Pintar, who struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off nine hits. Now that St. Ignatius College Preparatory knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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