The Scripps Ranch Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Cathedral Catholic Dons at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Scripps Ranch will bounce into Monday's contest after beating St. Augustine, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Falcons sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 victory over the Saints on Thursday.
Jake Sakurauchi spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits. Scripps Ranch is 4-1 when Sakurauchi allows one or fewer earned runs, but 2-11 otherwise.
Nathan Sablad
| 04/17/25 vs St. Augustine | 2 |
| 04/10/25 vs Christian | 1 |
| 04/03/25 vs El Capitan | 1 |
| 04/01/25 vs Desert Oasis | 1 |
| 03/27/25 @ Mt. Carmel | 1 |
On the hitting side, Scripps Ranch's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Sablad, who went 2-for-3 with one run. Those two hits gave Sablad a new career-high.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last match, Cathedral Catholic made sure to put some runs up on the board against Bonita Vista on Tuesday. The Dons were the clear victors by a 10-2 margin over the Barons. The Dons haven't had any issues with the Barons recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
Parker Brown looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Cathedral Catholic got a massive performance out of Hunter Harrington, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run and four RBI. That home run was Harrington's first of the season. Trey Gudoy was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two doubles, one triple, and one run.
Cathedral Catholic kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Cathedral Catholic's record now sits at 9-6. As for Scripps Ranch, their win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 6-12.
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