Baseball Recap: Saint Francis Triumphs

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Previous 6 Games

03/07/25 - Home	3-2 W
03/05/24 - Home	3-2 W
03/01/23 - Home	11-0 W
03/02/22 - Home	0-2 L
02/26/19 - Home	6-1 W
03/08/18 - Home	2-1 W

It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Saint Francis ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They had just enough and edged out the Mountain View Spartans 3-2. Three seems to be a good number for the Lancers as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Brody Larocque looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jack Leeper, who scored a run and stole Three bases. while going 1-for-3. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 1.2 stolen bases per game. Gino Cappellazzo was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.

Saint Francis' victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Mountain View, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 3-2.

Coming up, Saint Francis will hit the road for the first time this season to challenge Menlo-Atherton at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The last five games Saint Francis has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. As for Mountain View, they will be defending their home field for the first time this season when they go up against Lynbrook at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Lynbrook has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 12.4 runs per game on average), something Mountain View will no doubt try to take advantage of.