Johnstown-Monroe is 9-1 against Newark Catholic since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Johnstown-Monroe Johnnies will look to defend their home field against the Newark Catholic Green Wave at 5:00 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Last Saturday, Johnstown-Monroe came up short against Olentangy Berlin and fell 7-2. Johnstown-Monroe has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Johnstown-Monroe saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aubrey Del Cecato, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Riley Stefanick was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Newark Catholic unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of Granville by a score of 11-9. Newark Catholic has not had much luck with Granville recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Kylie Gibson made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all five of her plate appearances with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Mary Snider, who went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Even though they lost, Newark Catholic lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. This was only their first loss (out of four games) when they post two or more home runs.
Johnstown-Monroe's defeat dropped their record down to 5-15. As for Newark Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 15-8.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Friday. Johnstown-Monroe hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Newark Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Johnstown-Monroe came up short against Newark Catholic in their previous matchup back in April, falling 7-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Newark Catholic's Veronica Bailey, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that Johnstown-Monroe knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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