The King's Academy Knights will take on the St. Francis Sharks at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as King's Academy comes in on three and St. Francis on 15.
If King's Academy beats St. Francis with four runs on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. King's Academy's pitchers stepped up to hand Sacred Heart Prep a 4-0 shutout on Friday.
The team relied heavily on Nate Plata, who went 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday St. Francis sidestepped Soledad for a 9-8 win.
Evan Dyer looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up four earned runs off only two hits.
At the plate, Nash Horton was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Donovan Dominguez, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
King's Academy's victory bumped their record up to 15-10-1. As for St. Francis, they pushed their record up to 22-4 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.
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