The Piper Bengals will head out to face off against the Archbishop Carroll Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Piper's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 10-0 margin over Olympic Heights. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bengals.
Joel Arroyo and Valentino Pupo did most of the damage at the plate: Arroyo went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run and two runs, while Pupo scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Jonathan Rodriguez also deserves some recognition as he stole his first stolen base of the season.
Piper was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .440. The last time their batting average was this high was back in March of 2024.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Archbishop Carroll, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. Everything went their way against Ransom Everglades on Thursday as Archbishop Carroll made off with a 10-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won three contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
The result came thanks to ANDRES GARCIA's shutout, as he gave up just four hits and racked up ten Ks. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero).
At the plate, Archbishop Carroll let ANGELLO CHAVIANO and JONATHAN DIAZ run wild. CHAVIANO went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs, while DIAZ scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3. CHAVIANO has become a key player for Archbishop Carroll: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 1-3 otherwise. NICOLAS CARRILLO was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI.
Piper now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Archbishop Carroll, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-4.
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