The Elk Grove Thundering Herd will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Cardinal Newman Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Elk Grove is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Kingsburg onto the board and left with a 5-0 win.
Elk Grove got a great performance from Colton Lincoln as he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Evan Gentil was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. Chase Groves was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Newman entered their tilt with Chico with 12 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 13. They skirted past the Panthers 2-1. That's two games straight that Cardinal Newman has won by just one run.
Cardinal Newman's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Sam Valenti, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Elk Grove is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-13 record this season. As for Cardinal Newman, their win was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-5.
Elk Grove couldn't quite finish off Cardinal Newman in their previous matchup back in April and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cardinal Newman's Jacob Moreda, who pitched six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that Elk Grove knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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