Upper Merion Area is 1-9 against Pope John Paul II since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Upper Merion Area Vikings will head out on the road to challenge Pope John Paul II at 4:00 p.m.
Upper Merion Area's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Spring-Ford on Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 10-0 walloping at the hands of the Rams. Upper Merion Area has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Upper Merion Area saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was John Tomsho, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases.
Meanwhile, Pope John Paul II had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Vikings with a sharp 10-4 win. Pope John Paul II might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won six contests by six runs or more this season.
AJ Diaddezio was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Diaddezio was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.
In other batting news, Carson Glose was incredible, going 3-for-5 with three doubles, two runs, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Chase Frantz, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Upper Merion Area's defeat dropped their record down to 3-9. As for Pope John Paul II, they pushed their record up to 11-1 with that victory, which was their eighth straight on the road.
Upper Merion Area suffered a grim 10-2 defeat to Pope John Paul II in their previous meeting on April 5th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pope John Paul II's Luke Terlesky, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Now that Upper Merion Area knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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