The Bourgade Catholic Golden Eagles will face off against the Benjamin Franklin Chargers at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. Bourgade Catholic has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with seven straight losses, while Benjamin Franklin will come in with four straight victories.
On Monday, Bourgade Catholic didn't have quite enough to beat San Tan Foothills and fell 5-4.
Alexander Guzak made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Isaiah Velasquez was another key player, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Benjamin Franklin made easy work of ALA - Ironwood on Monday and carried off a 9-1 win.
Colten Stechnij and Talan Speir made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Stechnij tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Speir struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and only one walk). Benjamin Franklin is 2-1 when Speir allowsone or fewer earned runs, but 3-4-1 otherwise. At bat, Stechnij scored a run while going 1-for-1, while Speir scored a run while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Stechnij a new career-high in RBI (two).
In other batting news, Matthew Economou was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. He is becoming a predictor of Benjamin Franklin's success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is 2-1 (and 3-4-1 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Jett Garman, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Benjamin Franklin always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .515. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as ALA - Ironwood only posted an OBP of .333.
The victory got Benjamin Franklin back to even at 5-5-1. As for Bourgade Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
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