The St. Paul Swordsmen will take on the Serra Cavaliers at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. Paul 2.9, Serra 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. Paul is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering South Pasadena just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 3-2.
St. Paul got a good showing from Troy Perez, who didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Troy Sibolboro was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one home run.
Serra never got on the board in their matchup on Thursday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Van Nuys on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Wolves with a sharp 13-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Cavaliers, who have now won nine contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Serra has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.4 runs over those games. As for St. Paul, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-8.
St. Paul beat Serra 4-0 when the teams last played on Thursday. Will the Swordsmen repeat their success, or do the Cavaliers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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