The St. Anthony's Friars are taking a road trip to take on the Chaminade Flyers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
St. Anthony's fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Archbishop Molloy on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Stanners by a score of 4-2. That's two games in a row now that the Friars have lost by exactly two runs.
Mario Lazzinnaro
| 04/19/25 vs Archbishop Molloy | 2 |
| 04/11/25 vs St. Dominic | 0 |
| 04/09/25 @ St. Dominic | 2 |
| 04/03/25 vs Poly Prep Country Day | 1 |
St. Anthony's got a good showing from Mario Lazzinnaro, who pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Lazzinnaro has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, St. Anthony's saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anthony Carlo, who went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases and one run. Another was Phil Mazzola, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Chaminade's offense. They fell just short of Poly Prep Country Day by a score of 2-0 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Flyers have suffered since March 19th.
This is the second loss in a row for St. Anthony's and nudges their season record down to 8-4. Even worse, they were so close both times: the losses came by an average of only two runs. As for Chaminade, they now have a losing record of 7-8.
St. Anthony's came out on top in a nail-biter against Chaminade in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, sneaking past 2-0. Will the Friars repeat their success, or do the Flyers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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