Baseball Game Preview: Maplewood Rockets vs. John F. Kennedy Catholic Eagles

Rockets

Runs

04/30/25 vs Mathews	5
04/28/25 @ Grand Valley	3
04/24/25 vs Lordstown	14
04/23/25 vs Bristol	12
04/16/25 vs Windham	12
+ 6 more games

The Maplewood Rockets will head out on the road to take on the John F. Kennedy Catholic Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Maplewood is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.5 runs per game this season.

Maplewood will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Mathews, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Rockets never let the Mustangs get on the board and left with a 5-0 victory on Wednesday.

Maplewood's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Coleton Logan, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one run and one double.

Meanwhile, John F. Kennedy Catholic has relied on a stalwart pitchers averaging 2.83 runs allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Wednesday. They lost 11-1 to Boardman.

Maplewood pushed their record up to 8-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for John F. Kennedy Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.

Maplewood came up short against John F. Kennedy Catholic when the teams last played back in May of 2024, falling 6-1. Can the Rockets avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.