The St. Helena Saints will take on the Summerfield Waldorf Mustangs at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, everything went St. Helena's way against Pierce as St. Helena made off with an 8-1 victory.
Julian Earls and Charlie Blaum made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Earls tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Blaum didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Earls has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one hit in four consecutive appearances. At the plate, Earls scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Blaum scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-4. Those hits were Earls' first of the season.
In other batting news, Caiden Taylor was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing Three bases. while getting on base in both of his plate appearances. Those stolen bases marked the first that he snagged this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Beck, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
St. Helena hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Pierce struck out 11 times.
Meanwhile, while Summerfield Waldorf put up plenty of runs on Wednesday, the same can't be said for Tomales. Summerfield Waldorf was the clear victors by a 12-0 margin over Tomales.
St. Helena now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Summerfield Waldorf, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
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