The Doherty Spartans will head out on the road to challenge the Discovery Canyon Thunder at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Doherty is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
On Thursday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Doherty had to settle for a 5-3 loss against The Classical Academy.
Giovanni Rishavy made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Even though they lost, Doherty didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 16 runs the game before, Discovery Canyon was a bit more limited in their match on Wednesday. They lost 10-1 to Lewis-Palmer. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Discovery Canyon has scored all season.
Doherty's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-10. As for Discovery Canyon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-8.
Doherty might still be hurting after the 14-4 loss they got from Discovery Canyon in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Doherty avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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