Baseball Recap: St. Anthony's Friars vs. St. John the Baptist Cougars
While St. Anthony put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for St. John the Baptist. Everything went the St. Anthony's Friars' way against the St. John the Baptist Cougars as the St. Anthony's Friars made off with a 10-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for St. Anthony's, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
The result came thanks to Luke Coats's shutout, as he gave up just two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Anthony Carlo was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of John Francisco, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
St. Anthony's is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. As for St. John the Baptist, their defeat was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-2.
St. Anthony's will have a chance to go back-to-back against St. John the Baptist: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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