John Paul Malak Game Report: vs Honesdale

John Paul Malak

Batters Struck Out (Career)

04/28/25 vs Honesdale	9
04/22/25 @ Western Wayne	7
03/31/25 @ Mountain View	6
03/24/25 @ Carbondale Area	5
04/14/25 @ Riverside	4

John Paul Malak posted a new career-high in strikeouts on Monday. He struck out nine batters over 6.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Lakeland is 4-1 when Malak allows two or fewer earned runs, but 1-8 otherwise.

Coming up, Malak and Lakeland will take on Dunmore at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Chiefs will be headed into this one with a sizable disadvantage in the rankings (they're ranked 426 places lower in Pennsylvania), but they're not letting that get them down. Will they be able to pull off an upset behind Malak? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.