St. Joseph's Prep waltzed into their matchup on Wednesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Lansdale Catholic Crusaders 4-3. That's more bragging rights for St. Joseph's Prep, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Aidan Lynch looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on William McCoach, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
On Lansdale Catholic's side, Dan Grosch made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
St. Joseph's Prep's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Lansdale Catholic, they dropped their record down to 2-7 with that defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
St. Joseph's Prep didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 4-2 loss vs. Archbishop Ryan on the 18th. As for Lansdale Catholic, they will head out on the road to take on Bensalem at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Lansdale Catholic is facing Bensalem at the right time seeing as Bensalem is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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