St. Helena is preparing for their first league matchup of the season on Tuesday. They will be playing at home against the Middletown Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. St. Helena will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
St. Helena's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-0 win over St. Vincent de Paul. That's two games straight that the Saints have won by exactly five runs.
Sam Beck was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. Huck Anderson was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Middletown came up short against Credo on Friday, falling 11-5. The Mustangs have struggled against the Gryphon recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
John Finney stepped up to lead a balanced group of hitters: he scored two runs and stole three bases. Those runs marked the first that he scored this season. Another player making a difference was Jon Hawkins, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
St. Helena pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Middletown, they now have a losing record of 1-2-1.
Everything went St. Helena's way against Middletown when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as St. Helena made off with an 8-1 victory. Does St. Helena have another victory up their sleeve, or will Middletown turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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