Baseball Preview: Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic Friars/Pandas vs. St. Joseph's Prep Hawks
Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while St. Joseph's Prep is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic Friars/Pandas will take on the St. Joseph's Prep Hawks at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
In what's become a running theme this season, Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. They put the hurt on Chichester with a sharp 10-2 victory.
Rocco Calise looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
On the hitting side, Irv Fisher and Joey Graziani did most of the damage at the plate: Fisher scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Graziani scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Harry Carr, who scored a run and stole a base.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph's Prep was able to grind out a solid win over Roman Catholic on Friday, taking the game 5-1.
St. Joseph's Prep also got a great performance from Mihretu Rupertus as he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). Rupertus has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, St. Joseph's Prep saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Robert Grasso, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 14-4. As for St. Joseph's Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
Everything went Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic's way against St. Joseph's Prep when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic made off with an 8-0 win. Will Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic repeat their success, or does St. Joseph's Prep have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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