With a playoff game on the line, St. Ignatius College Preparatory rose to the challenge on Saturday. They never let the Junipero Serra Padres onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. This was payback for St. Ignatius College Preparatory, who suffered a 5-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Archer Horn was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Horn has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Horn was also big at the plate, 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 consistent recently: 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.
On Junipero Serra's side, Sam Kretsch was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Junipero Serra, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 22-7.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against Carmel at 4:00 p.m. Carmel is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season. Junipero Serra does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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