The Archbishop Hoban Knights will be playing at home against the Padua Franciscan Bruins at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Archbishop Hoban: 3, Padua Franciscan: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Archbishop Hoban is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against North on Thursday as Archbishop Hoban made off with a 13-3 win.
Meanwhile, Padua Franciscan had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Battling Bees out 6-5. That's two games straight that Padua Franciscan has won by just one run.
Archbishop Hoban pushed their record up to 17-5 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Padua Franciscan, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8-1 record this season.
Archbishop Hoban came out on top in a nail-biter against Padua Franciscan when the teams last played back in April of 2019, sneaking past 5-3. Will Archbishop Hoban repeat their success, or does Padua Franciscan have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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