The Woodland Christian Cardinals will head out on the road to take on the Menlo School Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Woodland Christian sitting on seven straight wins and Menlo School on nine.
Woodland Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They beat Ferndale by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 10-0. Woodland Christian might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 20 contests by six runs or more this season.
Wyatt Bickel made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. Bickel has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Bickel was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, Owen Tessier was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. Gabe Sanchez was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Menlo School had just enough and edged Oakland Tech out 3-2 on Thursday.
Ryan Schnell looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, Menlo School's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Luke Rogers, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Woodland Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 20 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-4 record this season. As for Menlo School, they pushed their record up to 23-9 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home.
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