Baseball Preview: Malvern Prep Friars vs. Germantown Academy Patriots
Malvern Prep is 10-0 against Germantown Academy since May of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Malvern Prep Friars will head out on the road to challenge the Germantown Academy Patriots at 4:00 p.m. Malvern Prep is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last 13 games.
Malvern Prep is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: Perkiomen School, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Malvern Prep was ranked second). Malvern Prep walked away with a 4-1 victory over Perkiomen School on Saturday.
Will Oschell looked comfortable as he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
At the plate, Tague Davis was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Jonathan Holt, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Germantown Academy came into Saturday's game having lost six straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They came out on top against Archbishop Ryan on Saturday by a score of 3-1 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Malvern Prep's win was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-1. As for Germantown Academy, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-7.
Everything went Malvern Prep's way against Germantown Academy in their previous meeting on April 12th as Malvern Prep made off with a 10-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Malvern Prep since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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