Baseball Game Preview: Classical Academy Caimans vs. University City Centurions

The Classical Academy Caimans will challenge the University City Centurions at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

Classical Academy's tournament run continued when they took on Helix on Tuesday. The Caimans fell 6-1 to the Highlanders. The Caimans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Classical Academy saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trevor Hoff, who went 2-for-3 with one double.

Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, University City's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of Bonita Vista.

University City also got a good showing from Gavin Sieler, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.

On the hitting side, Josh Kaplan was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one triple, one run, and one RBI. Ethan Antenore also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

University City's defeat dropped their record down to 9-2. As for Classical Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.

Classical Academy was able to grind out a solid win over University City in their previous matchup back in February of 2023, winning 4-1. Will the Caimans repeat their success, or do the Centurions have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.