The St. Joseph Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Ridgeview Wolf Pack at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
St. Joseph is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Hanford onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for St. Joseph.
Not much got past Hunter Hammond, who gave up just three hits to keep Hanford off the board.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jayson Rodriguez, who went 2-for-2 with two doubles and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Ridgeview came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Timberwolves 5-3.
Ridgeview's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Adam Salazar, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
St. Joseph pushed their record up to 16-13 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Ridgeview, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season.
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