The St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Saints will head out on the road to take on the St. Albans Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with seven straight defeats, while St. Albans will come in with four straight victories.
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes' hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against St. Albans on Tuesday. They fell 4-0 to the Bulldogs.
For St. Albans' part, not much got past Myles Upchurch, who gave up just two hits and racked up 13 Ks to keep St. Stephen's & St. Agnes off the board. Upchurch has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Peter Pinto, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Sammy Findler was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes' loss dropped their record down to 5-12. As for St. Albans, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-10 record this season.
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