St. Mary's Ryken is ranked highly in their home state, and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of St. James. The St. Mary's Ryken Knights wound up on the wrong side of a rough 13-2 walloping at the hands of the St. James Sharks.
St. Mary's Ryken saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tim Kelly, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
On St. James' side, Maxwell Albanese looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, St. James got a massive performance out of Caleb Lindamood, who scored a run while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Justin Sobczyk, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
St. Mary's Ryken's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-3. As for St. James, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season.
St. Mary's Ryken will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Socastee at 7:00 p.m. Socastee is coming into the contest with four straight victories at home, so St. Mary's Ryken will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. St. James will take on High Point Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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