New York High School Baseball - LaSalle Academy gets by St. Edmund Prep
May 25, 2024: Brooklyn, NY 11229
In Saturday's non-league challenge, the LaSalle Academy Cardinals (New York, NY) baseball squad the host St. Edmund Prep Eagles (Brooklyn, NY), by a final score of 15-12.
With the win, LaSalle Academy upgrades its record to 7-12 on the season. The Cardinals travel to St. John's Prep (Astoria, NY) to battle the Red Storm in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, May 28. The Red Storm come into the challenge with a record of 18-1. St. John's Prep won 15-0 in their recent league challenge against LaSalle Academy (New York, NY)
With the defeat, St. Edmund Prep falls to 3-3 on the season.
Game Summary
The La Salle Academy baseball team advanced into the CHSAA Varsity Baseball Intersectional ‘A’ Division 2024 Double Elimination Championship Bracket by sweeping through the qualifying rounds defeating Monsignor Scanlan 4-2 and St. Edmund Prep, 16-12, on Friday and Saturday respectively. The Cardinals finished league play as the #6 seed and have been reseeded to #4 for the championship bracket where they will play against top-seeded, St. John’s Prep.
On Saturday, the Cardinals traveled to Brooklyn to face the #3 seed, St. Edmund Prep Eagles, in what has become an annual rite of passage for both schools. In a wildly entertaining game, La Salle outlasted St. Edmund, pounding out a season high 13 hits for a 16-12 victory at McGuire Fields in Bergen Beach. The Cardinals broke open a tie ballgame in the top of the sixth by batting around and bringing home seven runs in the inning for a 13-6 lead but had to sweat out the final two innings to move on.
