The Salesian Mustangs will head out on the road to challenge the St. Paul Swordsmen at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
Salesian stacked a fifth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Everything went their way against St. Bernard as Salesian made off with a 17-3 win. While fans of Salesian might be used to big wins, the 14-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Aidann Ruiz was a standout: he scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Phillip Chaidez, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, St. Paul beat Norwalk 8-5 on Saturday. That's two games straight that St. Paul has won by exactly three runs.
Salesian is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for St. Paul, they pushed their record up to 12-8 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home.
Salesian might still be hurting after the 7-1 defeat they got from St. Paul in their previous meeting back in April of 2022. Can Salesian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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