The Xavier Prep Saints will head out on the road to square off against the Aquinas Falcons at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Xavier Prep: 4, Aquinas: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Xavier Prep's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against La Quinta on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Blackhawks by a score of 2-0. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Xavier Prep in their matchups with La Quinta: they've now lost three in a row.
Xavier Prep saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Wente, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases. Wente has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Aquinas had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Knights by a score of 8-3.
Gavin Egan was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched three innings while giving up no earned run off two hits. Egan was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
In other pitching news, Bradley Gilbert looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched.
Back at the plate, Aquinas let Josh Cunnigan and Carter Hadnot loose on the outfield. Cunnigan went 2-for-3 with four RBI, while Hadnot scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Xavier Prep now has a losing record at 13-14. As for Aquinas, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season.
Xavier Prep suffered a grim 11-2 defeat to Aquinas in their previous meeting back in February of 2022. Thankfully for Xavier Prep, Eric Bitonti (who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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