Baseball Recap: Chaminade-Madonna Picks Up Fifth Straight Win at Home

Lions

Margin (Wins)

02/27/25 vs South Broward	13
03/14/25 vs Western	11
03/04/25 vs Florida Christian	10
02/24/25 vs Coral Springs	10
02/13/25 vs McArthur	10

Chaminade-Madonna lost a heartbreaker the last time they played Western, but it's fair to say they got their revenge given the result of Friday's contest. The Chaminade-Madonna Lions never let the Western Wildcats get on the board and left with an 11-0 win on Friday. Considering the Lions have won eight matches by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Not much got past Santi Arismendi, who gave up just six hits and racked up six Ks to keep Western off the board. Arismendi has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Chaminade-Madonna let John Scott Bishop and Nolan Loonam run wild. Bishop scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Loonam scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Loonam a new career-high in RBI (two). AJ Vargas was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

Chaminade-Madonna always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .531. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Western only posted an OBP of .320.

Chaminade-Madonna pushed their record up to 12-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Western, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-7.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Chaminade-Madonna will square off against Monsignor Pace at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Chaminade-Madonna's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Monsignor Pace's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Western, they will challenge Sunset at 3:30 p.m. on Monday.