Baseball Preview: First Baptist School Hurricanes vs. John Paul II Golden Warrriors
The First Baptist School Hurricanes will be playing at home against the John Paul II Golden Warrriors at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
On Monday, First Baptist School didn't have quite enough to beat St. John's Christian Academy and fell 3-2. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for First Baptist School in their matchups with St. John's Christian Academy: they've now lost five in a row.
Meanwhile, John Paul II was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They fell just short of Northwood Academy by a score of 5-4. That's two games in a row now that John Paul II has lost by just one run.
Stewart Misko was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. Another player making a difference was Logan Cotter, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
First Baptist School's loss dropped their record down to 10-12. As for John Paul II, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8.
First Baptist School suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to John Paul II in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of John Paul II's Ross Putnam, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Now that First Baptist School knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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