St. Joseph is on a ten-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Santa Gertrudis Academy is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The St. Joseph Flyers will host the Santa Gertrudis Academy Lions at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
St. Joseph's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Victoria East as St. Joseph made off with a 7-0 win.
Ava Martinez and Elizabeth Arnecke did most of the damage at the plate: Martinez scored a run while going 3-for-3, while Arnecke scored a run while going 1-for-3. What's more, Arnecke posted three RBI, the most she's had over her last ten games. Another player making a difference was Gianna Morris, who scored two runs and stole Two bases.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Santa Gertrudis Academy). Everything went their way against Robstown on Tuesday as Santa Gertrudis Academy made off with an 18-3 victory. The Lions have beaten the Cottonpickers the last four times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Cottonpickers has come to flipping the script.
St. Joseph's win bumped their record up to 11-3. As for Santa Gertrudis Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 7-4.
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