It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Junipero Serra can now relate to. They fell just short of the St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats by a score of 2-0 on Saturday. It was the first time this season that Junipero Serra let down their fans at home.
Sam Kretsch was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On St. Ignatius College Preparatory's side, Archer Horn made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. 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.
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.
Junipero Serra's defeat ended a 13-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 22-7. As for St. Ignatius College Preparatory, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season.
Junipero Serra does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for St. Ignatius College Preparatory, they will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against Carmel at 4:00 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.
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