April 25 - April 29
St Rose hadn’t fielded a baseball team for 13 years before this year. With 6th graders playing varsity, and not a lot of baseball experience on the team, expectations were modest going into the season. We’ve certainly met and surpassed those expectations so far, with a 5-1 record, and a share of first place with 4 games remaining.
Anthony M. has been a big reason why we’re having the success we’re having so far. Last week, we beat a previously undefeated St. Bernadette squad, and Anthony threw three scoreless innings, without allowing a hit. This extended his hitless streak to 11 innings over parts of four different games. On the season, Anthony has thrown 13 innings, allowing 2 hits, and striking out 28 opposing batters. He is 4-0 with a 1.62 ERA. As part of a three headed Raider pitching monster (with Renato Leyva, and Michael Ibarra) the Raiders feel confident each time they take the field. Anthony also had a triple to the deepest part of St Bernadette’s field in the first inning to kick off the scoring for the Raiders. He later walked and drove in another run. On the season, Anthony has a .667 on base percentage, and he’s slugging 1.167. For any sabermetricians reading this, yes, he is posting an OPS of 1.834 so far, numbers that even a juiced Bonds never quite reached.
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