The St. Augustine Saints will look to defend their home field on Monday against the El Camino Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. St. Augustine will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
St. Augustine is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Christian on Friday as St. Augustine made off with an 18-1 win. St. Augustine might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won seven games by six runs or more this season.
Michael Ivanjack tossed a big game, striking out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, Justin Heffler was incredible, firing off two home runs, five RBI, and three runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Thomas Carney, who went 1-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, El Camino's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They lost 11-4 to Escondido.
El Camino also got a good showing from Brody Rodriguez, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Rodriguez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Tyson Rodriguez was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, El Camino didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Escondido only tossed three.
St. Augustine's victory bumped their record up to 19-4. As for El Camino, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-8.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. St. Augustine hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like El Camino struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.4. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.
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