Baseball Recap: Penn Beats South Bend Saint Joseph for Their Eighth Straight Victory

Kingsmen

Previous Games

05/22/25 vs South Bend Saint Joseph	11-10
05/22/25 @ South Bend Saint Joseph	7-6
05/14/25 vs New Prairie	2-0
05/13/25 vs New Prairie	9-3
05/10/25 vs Carroll	15-8
+ 3 more games

Penn had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.6 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured an 11-10 W against the South Bend Saint Joseph Huskies. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.

Penn's victory was their 12th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-1. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.3 runs over those games. As for South Bend Saint Joseph, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 21-5.

Penn and South Bend Saint Joseph should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings. The Kingsmen will square off against Fort Wayne Snider at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday with a big rank advantage (3 vs. 36). The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Penn 2.8, the Panthers 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, South Bend Saint Joseph (ranked 15th) will meet NorthWood (ranked 88th) at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Huskies 3.5, the Panthers 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.