The St. John Lutheran Saints will head out on the road to challenge the Hawthorne Hornets at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. John Lutheran has four straight victories, Hawthorne has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. John Lutheran stacked a fifth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Peniel Baptist Academy as St. John Lutheran made off with a 15-0 win.
Luis Roman made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Roman has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Roman was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Christian Bessoni was a standout: he scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Chase Caruthers was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for Hawthorne's offense. They fell 3-0 to Eastside on Saturday.
St. John Lutheran pushed their record up to 9-2 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. They've been dominating during the matches in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 15 runs. As for Hawthorne, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
St. John Lutheran skirted past Hawthorne 1-0 when the teams last played on March 8th. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. John Lutheran since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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