Baseball Game Preview: Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic Friars/Pandas vs. Radnor Raptors

Friars/Pandas

Runs

04/30/25 vs St. Joseph's Prep	3
04/28/25 vs Roman Catholic	7
04/26/25 vs Holy Ghost Prep	9
04/24/25 @ Cardinal O'Hara	6
04/22/25 @ Lansdale Catholic	13
+ 11 more games

The Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic Friars/Pandas will head out to take on the Radnor Raptors at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.

Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering St. Joseph's Prep just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Wednesday. They lost 10-3 to the Hawks. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Friars/Pandas, who until this matchup were averaging 3.63 runs allowed.

Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic got a good showing from Danny Buckton, who tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. That one hit allowed gave Buckton a new career-low.

At the plate, Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Redding, who went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI.

Meanwhile, Radnor came tearing into last Tuesday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Jaguars. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Raptors have posted against the Jaguars since April 16, 2015.

Radnor's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1. As for Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 11-5.

Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic took their win against Radnor in their previous matchup back in May of 2018 by a conclusive 9-3 score. Will the Friars/Pandas repeat their success, or do the Raptors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.