Baseball Game Preview: St. Frederick Warriors vs. D'Arbonne Woods

The St. Frederick Warriors will square off against D'Arbonne Woods at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with St. Frederick sitting on three straight wins and D'Arbonne Woods on seven.

St. Frederick made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Caldwell Parish, but they still couldn't quite topple them. St. Frederick put the hurt on Caldwell Parish with a sharp 11-1 victory on Saturday. 11 seems to be a good number for the Warriors as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.

AIDEN MELNA made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over six innings pitched. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.

CLAYTON TURPIN

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/22/25 vs Caldwell Parish	5
03/20/25 vs Oak Grove	1
03/06/25 vs Sterlington	1
03/01/25 @ Northwood	1
02/28/25 @ Calvary Baptist Academy	1

In other batting news, CARSON DAY and CLAYTON TURPIN did most of the damage at the plate: DAY went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run and three runs, while TURPIN went 2-for-3 with five RBI and one double. Those five RBI gave TURPIN a new career-high. Another player making a difference was WILLIAM PATRICK, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.

St. Frederick kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their hit total in three consecutive games.

Meanwhile, while D'Arbonne Woods put up plenty of runs on Friday, the same can't be said for North Caddo. D'Arbonne Woods was the clear victor by a 16-0 margin over North Caddo. The result was nothing new for D'Arbonne Woods, who have now won eight contests by six runs or more so far this season.

Bradley Thrash was excellent, scoring three runs while going 1-for-2. He has become a key player for D'Arbonne Woods: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 6-7 otherwise.

D'Arbonne Woods' victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-7. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for St. Frederick, their victory bumped their record up to 8-13.