New York High School Baseball - St. John's Prep wallops LaSalle Academy
May 6, 2023: New York, NY 10003
The St. John's Prep Red Storm (Astoria, NY) baseball trounced the host LaSalle Academy Cardinals (New York, NY), 15-0 in Saturday's league contest.
Coming up next, the Red Storm encounter the Christ the King Royals (Middle Village, NY) in a Catholic A - North contest, on Wednesday, May 10. St. John's Prep will attempt to better on its 19-1 season record.
The Cardinals now sport a 5-7 record. They play next when they host Nazareth for a Catholic A - North contest on Tuesday, May 9.
Game Summary
LA SALLE DROPS SECOND STRAIGHT
Saturday, May 6, 2023 – The La Salle Cardinals dropped their second straight game, 0-15 to St. John’s Prep, Saturday afternoon on Randall’s Island. And, for the second time in as many games the Cardinals had more errors than hits, as they committed seven errors and got no-hit by St. John’s starter JoseDavid Rodriguez. The loss drops La Salle’s record to 5-7 overall and 5-4 in the CHSAA Intersectional ‘A’ division heading into the final two weeks of the regular season.
Cardinals’ starter, Anthony Gonzalez, gave La Salle a quality start going 5 1/3 inning before giving way to the bullpen, but he fell victim to a defense that has committed 15 errors over the last two games. Gonzalez final stat line 5 1/3 IP, 5H, 9R, 7ER, 5BB with 7Ks.
On Deck: The Cardinals begin the back stretch of the season with two games this week; Tuesday night against Nazareth at 6pm on Randall’s Island and Thursday at Bishop Loughlin, 4:30pm at the Parade Grounds in Brooklyn.
