New York High School Baseball - LaSalle Academy holds off Cathedral Prep
May 30, 2022: New York, NY 10003
In Monday's non-league challenge, the LaSalle Academy Cardinals (New York, NY) baseball squad the visiting Cathedral Prep Crusaders (Elmhurst, NY), by a final score of 4-0.
With the win, LaSalle Academy upgrades its record to 11-8 on the season. The Cardinals travel to St. John's Prep (Astoria, NY) to encounter the Red Storm in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, May 31. The Red Storm come into the challenge with a record of 4-0. St. John's Prep won 19-6 in their recent league challenge against LaSalle Academy (New York, NY)
With the defeat, Cathedral Prep falls to 2-3 on the season.
Game Summary
The opening round of the 2022 CHSAA Varsity Baseball ‘A’ Division Intersectional Playoffs was delayed by two days because of the rain and two hours because both teams had to literally put the field together, but in the end the La Salle Cardinals (#4 seed) came out with a tidy 4-0 win over Cathedral Prep (#5) at Cardinal Spellman High School to move into the double elimination bracket.
La Salle’s, Izzac Garcia, was exceptional on the mound tossing a complete game 3-hit masterpiece. His stat line of only 75 pitches in 7-innings with 7 strikeouts, 4 walks was punctuated with a 1-2-3 seventh inning in only 5 pitches. Garcia was only in trouble once, in the fifth inning, as the Crusaders loaded the bases, but he escaped after striking out Prep’s #2 batter looking at an inside fastball.
The Cardinal offense was once again driven by leadoff hitter Carlos Lorenzo, who was perfect on the day, 3-hits, and a walk with 2 runs and 2 SBs
