The St. John's Prep Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Walpole Timberwolves at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. John's Prep 4, Walpole 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. John's Prep barely beat Malden Catholic the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Eagles' pitchers stepped up to hand the Lancers a 6-0 shutout on Wednesday. The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Lancers recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.
Walpole not only won on Wednesday, but they posted their biggest win since April 10th (when they won 10-0). Everything went their way against Brookline as they made off with an 8-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Timberwolves, who have now won four contests by six runs or more so far this season.
The victory got St. John's Prep back to even at 5-5. As for Walpole, their win bumped their record up to 11-2.
St. John's Prep couldn't quite finish off Walpole in their previous matchup back in May of 2025 and fell 6-4. Can the Eagles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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