Baseball Preview: St. Anthony's Friars vs. Xaverian Clippers
St. Anthony is 3-0 against Xaverian since May of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The St. Anthony's Friars will be playing at home against the Xaverian Clippers at 12:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (St. Anthony's: 3.3, Xaverian: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. Anthony's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-0 victory over St. John the Baptist. The win made it back-to-back victories for St. Anthony's.
Not much got past Kevin Baez, who gave up just four hits to keep St. John the Baptist off the board. Baez has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, St. Anthony's saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Christian Mugno, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Xaverian lost 10-1 to Archbishop Molloy on Monday. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Xaverian has scored all season.
St. Anthony's is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Xaverian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-3.
Everything went St. Anthony's way against Xaverian in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as St. Anthony's made off with a 17-0 win. Will St. Anthony's repeat their success, or does Xaverian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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