Baseball Preview: St. John Paul II Academy Eagles vs. Cardinal Newman Crusaders
St. John Paul II Academy is 8-2 against Cardinal Newman since March of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The St. John Paul II Academy Eagles will be staying on the road to face off against the Cardinal Newman Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (St. John Paul II Academy: 4, Cardinal Newman: 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. John Paul II Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They never let Benjamin onto the board and left with a 14-0 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for St. John Paul II Academy considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Lincoln Dorland was a standout: he went 4-for-5 with five RBI, a triple, and a run. Thomas Velardi was another key contributor, going 3-for-5 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Newman had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They skirted past the Bulldogs 1-0. That's two games straight that Cardinal Newman has won by just one run.
St. John Paul II Academy's win bumped their record up to 12-14-1. As for Cardinal Newman, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5-1 record this season.
St. John Paul II Academy couldn't quite finish off Cardinal Newman in their previous matchup back in March and fell 3-1. Can St. John Paul II Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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