For the second straight game, Doral Academy will face off against St. Thomas Aquinas. The Firebirds will square off against the Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Doral Academy 3.8, St. Thomas Aquinas 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Doral Academy heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Wednesday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 8-4 to St. Thomas Aquinas, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The defeat continues a trend for the Firebirds in their meetings with the Raiders: they've now lost four in a row.
For St. Thomas Aquinas' part, AJ Lopez looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Lopez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in 12 consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Nico Sabatino was incredible, going 2-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Jonathan Lopez, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run.
St. Thomas Aquinas is on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 20 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 27-5-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Doral Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 26-8-1.
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