Chaminade-Madonna is 0-3 against St. John Paul II Academy since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Chaminade-Madonna Lions are on the road again to play the St. John Paul II Academy Eagles at 4:00 p.m. Chaminade-Madonna is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
Chaminade-Madonna can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent game on Thursday. Everything went their way against Piper as Chaminade-Madonna made off with a 25-1 victory. 25 seems to be a good number for Chaminade-Madonna as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Chaminade-Madonna let Trace Zalman and AJ Vargas loose on the outfield. Zalman got on base in four of his five plate appearances with a home run, four runs, and five RBI, while Vargas scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances. Vargas is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of John Bishop, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, St. John Paul II Academy came up short against Spanish River on Thursday and fell 6-3. St. John Paul II Academy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Logan Bristol was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
On the hitting side, Tommy Ciaccio was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Emmanuel Lantigua, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
Chaminade-Madonna has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4-1 record this season. As for St. John Paul II Academy, they now have a losing record at 8-9-1.
Chaminade-Madonna might still be hurting after the 9-3 loss they got from St. John Paul II Academy in their previous matchup back in February of 2021. Thankfully for Chaminade-Madonna, JT SALVATO (who scored two runs while going 2-for-4) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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