The Santa Fe Catholic Hawks will head out on the road to take on The First Academy Royals at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Santa Fe Catholic sitting on 11 straight victories and The First Academy on ten.
Santa Fe Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by an 11-2 margin over Master's Academy. Considering Santa Fe Catholic has won 14 matches by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Gavin Stedman made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits (and only one walk). Stedman has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Stedman was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, D J Flores was a standout: he scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Easton Beach, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, The First Academy stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Bishop McLaughlin Catholic a 6-0 shutout.
Zack Hopper tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, The First Academy saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Remo Indomenico, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Will Dizney, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI.
Santa Fe Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. As for The First Academy, they pushed their record up to 22-6 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Saturday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Santa Fe Catholic has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like The First Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.2. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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