After an 11-8 finish the last time they played, St. Stanislaus and St. Patrick decided to play a little more cautiously this time around. The St. Stanislaus Rock-a-Chaws had just enough and edged the St. Patrick Fighting Irish out 2-1. That's more bragging rights for St. Stanislaus, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Brady Wallis spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits and racked up six Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jeremy Mares, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
On St. Patrick's side, they also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and he was also dialed-in: Jacob Alexander gave up two runs (both of which were unearned) on two hits and racked up nine Ks.
On the hitting side, St. Patrick saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ayden Le, who went 1-for-4 with an RBI.
St. Stanislaus' victory bumped their record up to 9-5. As for St. Patrick, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-8.
St. Stanislaus will have a chance to go back-to-back against St. Patrick: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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