The St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats will take on the Leigh Longhorns on Saturday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They blew past Homestead 11-1. Considering St. Ignatius College Preparatory has won eight matches by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Cassidy Chew was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She pitched six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Chew has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in nine consecutive pitching appearances. Chew was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Sasha Vassar and Gianna Galarza did most of the damage at the plate: Vassar went 3-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and a double, while Galarza went 2-for-3 with four RBI, a triple, and a run. Another player making a difference was Delilah Berry, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday Leigh sidestepped Burlingame for a 3-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Leigh.
Sophia Gandara spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on six hits and racked up 12 Ks.
On the hitting side, Leigh saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brianna Buchanan, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-11 record this season. As for Leigh, their win bumped their record up to 10-14.
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