New York High School Baseball - LaSalle Academy edged by St. Edmund Prep
April 5, 2022: Brooklyn, NY 11229
The St. Edmund Prep Eagles got by the visiting LaSalle Academy Cardinals baseball team by a count of 3-2 in Tuesday's league bout.
The Eagles now possess a 1-0 record. They take the field next when they host Sacred Heart for a Catholic A - North bout on Thursday, April 21.
Next, the Cardinals face the Nazareth Kingsmen (Brooklyn, NY) in a Catholic B bout, on Tuesday, April 19. LaSalle Academy will attempt to move on its 0-5 season record. The Kingsmen enter the bout with a 0-0 record after their 3-3 league Sacred Heart (Yonkers, NY).
Game Summary
Bergen Beach, NY – For the second time in as many games the La Salle Academy baseball team lost a game in the bottom of the seventh inning, this time on a walk off wall, as they fell 2-3 to St. Edmund Prep at McGuire Fields in Brooklyn.
The lost drops the Cardinals to 0-2 in the early portion of the season but drops them 2 games behind the top two teams in the CHSAA ‘A’ Division behind St. Edmund and St. John’s Prep. Cardinals pitcher, Manuel Ramirez, battled through 5 gritty innings and was relieved by freshman, Anthony Gonzalez (L, 0-1), who ended up with the loss. Xavier Guzman, ripped an opposite field single to tie the game in the top of the 6th but La Salle became undone in the bottom of the seventh as they were unable to get outs on bunt attempts by St. Edmund, which eventually cost them the game. Daniel Estevez, led the Cardinal offense going 2 for 3 with a single and a double.
