St. Joseph's Prep entered their tilt with Roman Catholic with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Roman Catholic Cahillite by a score of 5-1 on Friday. That's more bragging rights for St. Joseph's Prep, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Mihretu Rupertus tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, St. Joseph's Prep's win was truly a team effort as eight different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Robert Grasso, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
On Roman Catholic's side, they got a good showing from Dylan Carter, who tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
St. Joseph's Prep is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. As for Roman Catholic, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-12-1.
St. Joseph's Prep will look to defend their home field on Monday against Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic at 4:00 p.m. Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so St. Joseph's Prep's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Roman Catholic, they will head out on the road to take on Father Judge at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Father Judge is coming into the contest with three straight victories at home, so Roman Catholic will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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