
Falcons
05/17/25 vs Spotswood | 4-3 |
05/15/25 vs Metuchen | 1-0 |
05/07/25 vs South Plainfield | 2-0 |
05/07/25 @ Bridgewater-Raritan | 5-4 |
05/01/25 vs Edison | 3-1 |
04/30/25 @ St. Thomas Aquinas | 6-1 |
St. Joseph waltzed into their game on Saturday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 4-3 W against the Spotswood Chargers. That's two games straight that the Falcons have won by just one run.
Richard Zangara tossed a big game, striking out ten batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Those ten strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Bobby Christensen, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. Another player making a difference was JP Zayle, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
St. Joseph hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Spotswood struck out 12 times.
St. Joseph pushed their record up to 12-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 2.8 runs across that stretch. As for Spotswood, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-9.
St. Joseph does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Spotswood, they will challenge Monroe Township at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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