The St. Augustine Saints will be playing in front of their home fans against the Ramona Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Neither St. Augustine nor Ramona posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Ramona is facing St. Augustine at the wrong time: St. Augustine suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. Their rough 7-1 defeat to the Pointers might stick with them for a while. It was the first time this season that St. Augustine let down their fans at home.
St. Augustine got a good showing from Ryan Popkins, who tossed 2.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off one hit. Popkins has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, St. Augustine saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Thomas Carney, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Ramona was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of Escondido by a score of 1-0.
St. Augustine's defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-4. As for Ramona, their loss dropped their record down to 9-11-1.
St. Augustine skirted past Ramona 6-5 in their previous matchup back in March of 2016. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Ramona's Todd Roberts, who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Now that he won't be playing on Monday, will it be that much easier for St. Augustine to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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