St. Ignatius College Preparatory has not done well against Valley Christian recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats' pitchers stepped up to hand the Valley Christian Warriors a 4-0 shutout. This was payback for St. Ignatius College Preparatory, who suffered a 4-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
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 five innings pitched. Siwinski has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, St. Ignatius College Preparatory's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Emmett Johnson, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of AJ Wineinger, who scored a run while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Valley Christian, their defeat ended an 11-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 22-4.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory will have a chance to go back-to-back against Valley Christian: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
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