With a playoff game on the line, Notre Dame Prep rose to the challenge on Saturday. They came out on top against the Cactus Shadows Falcons by a score of 4-1. The victory was nothing new for Notre Dame Prep as they're now sitting on three straight.
Colten Bott tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Notre Dame Prep saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aaron Kniffin, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Kniffin has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in six consecutive pitching appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Todd Stottlemyre Jr, who went 3-for-3 with an RBI.
On Cactus Shadows' side, they got a good showing from Dallas Dunn, who tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
At the plate, Adin Oeltjen was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Notre Dame Prep pushed their record up to 20-7 with that win, which was their tenth straight at home. As for Cactus Shadows, they now have a losing record at 13-14-1.
Notre Dame Prep will look to defend their home field on Monday against Mountain Pointe at 6:00 p.m. Notre Dame Prep is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season. Cactus Shadows does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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