The Moore Catholic Mavericks will look to defend their home field on Friday against the St. Joseph-by-the-Sea Vikings at 7:00 p.m.
On Wednesday, Moore Catholic came up short against St. Raymond Boys and fell 8-4. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Moore Catholic in their matchups with St. Raymond Boys: they've now lost three in a row.
Moore Catholic got a good showing from Kenny Vazquez, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Moore Catholic saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Charlie Porto, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base. Vin DeGrado was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
St. Joseph-by-the-Sea never got on the board in their matchup back in March, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Regis on April 9th. Everything went their way against the Raiders as they made off with an 11-1 win.
Moore Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 5-8. As for St. Joseph-by-the-Sea, their victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-1.
Moore Catholic suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to St. Joseph-by-the-Sea when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Moore Catholic avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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