The Lodi Flames will face off against the St. Mary's Rams at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Lodi 3.2, St. Mary's 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. Mary's will be up against a hot Lodi team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. The Flames came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 10-9 W against Kimball.
The team relied heavily on Santino Ramirez, who went 4-for-5 with two runs, two RBI, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Rylan Takahashi, who went 2-for-5 with one stolen base and one run.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when St. Mary's and Lincoln meet (two straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Wednesday. The Rams came out on top against the Trojans by a score of 8-3.
St. Mary's also got a great performance from Nico Bavaro as he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits.
On the hitting side, Ethan Silva and Dax Hardcastle did most of the damage at the plate: Silva went 2-for-3 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run, while Hardcastle went 1-for-4 with one home run and three RBI. That's the most RBI Silva has posted since back in March. Moses Alexander was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one triple.
Lodi's win bumped their record up to 20-6. As for St. Mary's, their victory bumped their record up to 20-7.
Lodi beat St. Mary's 6-3 in their previous matchup last Wednesday. Do the Flames have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Rams turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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