Baseball Game Preview: St. John's Prep Eagles vs. St. Mary's Spartans

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Previous Games

05/19/24 - Away	2-0 W
05/29/23 - Away	2-1 W
05/23/22 - Away	10-9 W
05/14/21 - Home	7-3 W
05/14/19 - Away	0-4 L
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St. John's Prep has gone 8-1 against St. Mary recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Eagles will challenge the Spartans at 7:00 p.m. St. John's Prep's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so St. Mary's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

St. Mary's will be up against a hot St. John's Prep squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. The Eagles put the hurt on Mansfield with a sharp 8-1 win on Sunday. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won five games by six runs or more so far this season.

Meanwhile, St. Mary's entered their match against Arlington Catholic on Sunday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Spartans fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, the Spartans couldn't push the score so high this time.

St. John's Prep's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-5. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for St. Mary's, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 14-3.

St. John's Prep skirted past St. Mary's 2-0 in their previous matchup back in May of 2024. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Spartans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.