St. Ignatius College Preparatory is 2-8 against Valley Christian since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Valley Christian Warriors at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Ignatius College Preparatory: 2.4, Valley Christian: 1.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Tuesday, St. Ignatius College Preparatory narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Saint Francis 5-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for St. Ignatius College Preparatory.
Will Siwinski tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over 4.1 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Evann Smith, who went 1-for-3 with four RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Emmett Johnson, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Valley Christian sidestepped Archbishop Riordan for a 2-1 win.
Rohan Kasanagottu spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up 12 Ks.
At the plate, Valley Christian's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Rocco Muccilli, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Valley Christian, their win bumped their record up to 24-4.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory came up short against Valley Christian in their previous meeting on Friday, falling 3-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Valley Christian's Kole Laubach, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. Now that St. Ignatius College Preparatory knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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