The Sequoia Ravens will take on the Menlo School Knights at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Sequoia has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight defeats, while Menlo School will come in with nine straight wins.
Sequoia is headed into the game having just suffered their closest loss since March 11th on Wednesday. They fell just short of Menlo-Atherton by a score of 5-3.
Drew Ostrander was cooking despite his team's loss, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, Menlo School got themselves on the board against Mills on Thursday, but Mills never followed suit. They came out on top against the Vikings by a score of 3-0.
Not much got past Jackson Flanagan, who gave up just six hits to keep Mills off the board. Flanagan also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Menlo School is undefeated when he allows at most one earned run, but 6-7 otherwise.
At the plate, Kc Chavinson and Zach Roeder did most of the damage at the plate: Chavinson went 1-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one RBI, while Roeder went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. Roeder has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Menlo School was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mills only posted a batting average of .231.
Menlo School's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-7. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Sequoia, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-9.
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