The St. Joseph Regional Green Knights will take on the Don Bosco Prep Ironmen at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. Joseph Regional 3.3, Don Bosco Prep 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. Joseph Regional is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: Glen Rock, who was ranked 21st at the time (St. Joseph Regional was ranked 19th). The Green Knights fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 8-7 on Wednesday. It was the first time this season that the Green Knights let down their fans at home.
Logan Jarer was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Ryan McCabe and Devin Buntzen stepped up to the plate in a big way. McCabe got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs and one RBI, while Buntzen got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run and one RBI. That RBI marked the first that Buntzen has brought in this season.
Meanwhile, Don Bosco Prep entered their tilt with DePaul Catholic on Wednesday with six consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with seven. They blew past the Spartans 10-2. Considering the Ironmen have won five matches by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Don Bosco Prep's win was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-2. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.9 runs over those games. As for St. Joseph Regional, their loss dropped their record down to 11-4.
St. Joseph Regional beat Don Bosco Prep 3-0 when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Do the Green Knights have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Ironmen turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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