Juan Diego Catholic had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Stansbury Stallions as they made off with a 7-1 victory. This was payback for Juan Diego Catholic, who suffered a 9-3 defeat the last time these two teams met.
The team relied heavily on Zach Carlson, who went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, and a run. Matt Odell was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
On Stansbury's side, they got a good showing from Max Thorpe, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Thorpe has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up a single walk in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Stansbury saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Palmer, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Juan Diego Catholic pushed their record up to 8-9 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.3 runs per game. As for Stansbury, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-7.
Juan Diego Catholic will have a chance to go back-to-back against Stansbury: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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