The St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Carmel Padres at 12:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Ignatius College Preparatory: 2.7, Carmel: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Junipero Serra a 2-0 shutout.
Archer Horn was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Horn has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Horn was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with an RBI.
In other pitching news, St. Ignatius College Preparatory got a great performance from Will Siwinski as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over six innings pitched. Siwinski has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
Horn wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Rocco Giometti, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Carmel has not done well against Los Gatos recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Carmel walked away with a 7-3 victory over Los Gatos.
Zander Lunt looked comfortable as he tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jackson Loyd, who went 1-for-3 with a home run. Another player making a difference was Bixby Moranda, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Carmel, they pushed their record up to 23-5 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
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