The Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic Friars/Pandas will face off against the Bethel Park Black Hawks at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic: 3.3, Bethel Park: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over Upper Dublin. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic.
Johnny Ortegae looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits.
At the plate, CJ Nocella was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Sergio Hernandez, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Bethel Park put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Monday. Everything went their way against Mechanicsburg as Bethel Park made off with an 11-1 victory. Bethel Park's win was all the more impressive since Mechanicsburg was averaging only 2.84 runs allowed on the season.
Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Bethel Park, their victory bumped their record up to 16-7-1.
Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic skirted past Bethel Park 3-1 in their previous matchup back in June of 2023. Will Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic repeat their success, or does Bethel Park have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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