For the first time this season, St. Francis will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup on Tuesday. They will head out on the road to take on the Chaminade Eagles at 3:15 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Francis 1.9, Chaminade 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. Francis proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 18) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out La Canada 3-2.
Noah Aguilar- Tanphanich looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Jordan Lewallen was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run and two runs. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March of 2024.
Meanwhile, Chaminade didn't have quite enough to beat Calabasas on Friday and fell 4-3.
Chaminade saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Robby Morgan, who went 1-for-4 with one home run and two RBI.
St. Francis pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 9.5 hits in those games compared to only 4.67 in the others. As for Chaminade, their loss dropped their record down to 4-2.
St. Francis suffered a grim 15-2 defeat to Chaminade in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can St. Francis avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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