For the second straight game, Paul VI will face off against St. John. The Panthers will take on the Cadets at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Paul VI 2.6, St. John's 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Paul VI heads in on the heels of a playoff matchup on Friday. They fell 5-2 to St. John's. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Cadets recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Matthew Roussey was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single hit and allowed only two earned runs over 5.1 innings pitched. What's more, he gave up only zero hits, the fewest he's had since back in March.
On the hitting side, Paul VI saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Owen Peltier, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double.
The victory (which was St. John's 19th in a row) raised their record to 29-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Paul VI, their loss dropped their record down to 25-7.
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