The Aquinas Falcons will be playing at home against the Xavier Prep Saints at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Aquinas is coming into the match hot, having won their last ten games.
On Wednesday, Aquinas earned an 8-3 win over Ontario Christian.
Gavin Egan was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned run off two hits. Egan was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
In other pitching news, Bradley Gilbert looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched.
Back at the plate, Josh Cunnigan and Carter Hadnot did most of the damage at the plate: Cunnigan went 2-for-3 with four RBI, while Hadnot scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Xavier Prep's offense. They fell just short of La Quinta by a score of 2-0 on Wednesday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Xavier Prep in their matchups with La Quinta: they've now lost three in a row.
Xavier Prep saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Wente, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases. Wente has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Aquinas has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Xavier Prep, they now have a losing record at 13-14.
Aquinas took their victory against Xavier Prep when the teams last played back in February of 2022 by a conclusive 11-2. Will Aquinas repeat their success, or does Xavier Prep have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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