The Malvern Prep Friars will take on the St. Joseph's Prep Hawks at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Malvern Prep 2.2, St. Joseph's Prep 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Malvern Prep's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Episcopal Academy as they made off with an 11-0 victory. The Friars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 18 contests by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph's Prep unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of La Salle College by a score of 6-5.
Mihretu Rupertus was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out ten batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, George Van Dean made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and went a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI.
Malvern Prep has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-4 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for St. Joseph's Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-5.
Malvern Prep skirted past St. Joseph's Prep 2-1 in their previous matchup back in March of 2016. Will the Friars repeat their success, or do the Hawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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