Baseball Preview: Poly Prep Country Day Blue Devils vs. St. Peter's Eagles
Poly Prep Country Day is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while St. Peter is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Poly Prep Country Day Blue Devils will take on the St. Peter's Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Poly Prep Country Day: 3.2, St. Peter's: 1.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Poly Prep Country Day is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Winchendon, who was ranked 12th at the time (Poly Prep Country Day was ranked second). Poly Prep Country Day's pitchers stepped up to hand Winchendon a 5-0 shutout on Sunday.
Meanwhile, St. Peter's stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past Regis 12-2.
John Caddell looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kelvin Rodriguez, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jack Kehoe, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Poly Prep Country Day is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for St. Peter's, their win bumped their record up to 24-2.
Poly Prep Country Day was able to grind out a solid victory over St. Peter's in their previous meeting back in May of 2021, winning 4-1. Does Poly Prep Country Day have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Peter's turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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