The Cardinal Newman Cardinals will face off against the Redwood Giants at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Cardinal Newman comes in on 11 and Redwood on eight.
Cardinal Newman is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Benicia as Cardinal Newman made off with a 7-1 win. Cardinal Newman might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten matchups by six runs or more this season.
Jack Pezzolo made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Pezzolo has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Pezzolo was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with three RBI.
Pezzolo wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Konnor Rodnick, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Redwood stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 9-2 margin over Ukiah.
Chas Veley looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Sam Gersch, who scored a run while going 3-for-3. Theo Trono was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Cardinal Newman has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-5 record this season. As for Redwood, their record is now 26-3.
Cardinal Newman couldn't quite finish off Redwood when the teams last played back in March of 2016 and fell 2-0. Thankfully for Cardinal Newman, Zach Cohen (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over seven 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.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
