Athenian is 1-9 against St. Joseph Notre Dame since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Athenian Owls will look to defend their home field against the St. Joseph Notre Dame Pilots at 4:00 p.m. Athenian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
St. Joseph Notre Dame is hoping to do on Monday what College Prep couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Athenian's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Athenian walked away with a 5-2 victory over College Prep.
Jack Kaminsky spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits and racked up seven Ks.
On the hitting side, Athenian's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Noah Olivier, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, St. Joseph Notre Dame's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell 7-2 to Head-Royce. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, St. Joseph Notre Dame couldn't push the score so high this time.
Athenian is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. As for St. Joseph Notre Dame, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-10.
Athenian might still be hurting after the 16-0 loss they got from St. Joseph Notre Dame in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Joseph Notre Dame's Noah Klube, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Now that Athenian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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