The St. John's Prep Eagles will face off against the Xaverian Brothers Hawks at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. John's Prep 3.9, Xaverian Brothers 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Xaverian Brothers will be up against a hot St. John's Prep squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. The Eagles came out on top against Weymouth by a score of 5-1 on Saturday. Five seems to be a good number for the Eagles as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Xaverian Brothers' good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Catholic Memorial by a score of 4-3.
Xaverian Brothers got a good showing from Nick Wenstrom, who tossed three innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, Jake Lonardo made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. Brady Hargraves was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one home run.
St. John's Prep's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.5 runs over those games. As for Xaverian Brothers, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-3.
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