The St. Bonaventure Seraphs will head out on the road to face off against the Providence Pioneers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Bonaventure has three straight wins, Providence has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Saturday, St. Bonaventure was able to grind out a solid victory over Santa Paula, taking the game 7-4. That's two games straight that the Seraphs have won by exactly three runs.
Aaron Byrd
| 03/29/25 @ Santa Paula | 6 |
| 03/01/25 vs Thousand Oaks | 2 |
| 02/20/25 @ Royal | 2 |
| 04/24/24 @ Rio Mesa | 2 |
| 03/28/24 vs Thacher | 2 |
Aaron Byrd was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Those six strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.
In other pitching news, Rowen Kaiser looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Back at the plate, Luc Beauchemin was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. St. Bonaventure is undefeated when Beauchemin posts two or more runs, but 2-4 otherwise. AJ Byrum also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Providence's offense. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 1-0 to Diamond Ranch, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Providence also got a good showing from Cade Mackenzie, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Mackenzie has been consistent : he hasn't given up a single walk in five consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Providence saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Adrian Contreras, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
St. Bonaventure pushed their record up to 7-4 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Providence, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
