Baseball Game Preview: Hopewell-Loudon Chieftains vs. St. Joseph Central Catholic Crimson Streaks

Chieftains

Runs

04/12/25 @ Upper Sandusky	4
04/11/25 vs Old Fort	11
04/09/25 @ New Riegel	4
04/07/25 vs Lakota	10
04/04/25 vs Calvert	2
+ 4 more games

Hopewell-Loudon is 9-1 against St. Joseph Central Catholic since April of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Chieftains will square off against the Crimson Streaks at 5:00 p.m. Hopewell-Loudon is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.

Hopewell-Loudon easily dispatched Old Fort on Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Chieftains fell just short of Upper Sandusky by a score of 6-4 on Saturday. The Chieftains have struggled against the Rams recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost meeting.

Braylon Martinez was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-3.

Meanwhile, St. Joseph Central Catholic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They lost 12-2 to Gibsonburg. That's two games in a row now that the Crimson Streaks have lost by exactly ten runs.

St. Joseph Central Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Jenkins, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI. That stolen base was Jenkins' first of the season.

Hopewell-Loudon suffered their first road loss, dropping their record down to 7-2. As for St. Joseph Central Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.

St. Joseph Central Catholic's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Hopewell-Loudon has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .433. It's a different story for St. Joseph Central Catholic, though, as they've only averaged .331. Will they be able to contain Hopewell-Loudon's hitters?

Hopewell-Loudon skirted past St. Joseph Central Catholic 5-3 in their previous matchup back in May of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Chieftains since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.