Baseball Preview: De La Salle Spartans vs. Heritage Patriots
The De La Salle Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Heritage Patriots at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (De La Salle: 2.5, Heritage: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
De La Salle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Liberty a 10-0 shutout. Considering De La Salle has won nine games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
De La Salle got a great performance from RJ Meyn as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Meyn has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Hank Tripaldi was a standout: he scored two runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Carlo Garcia, who went 1-for-1 with a home run.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Heritage, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They came out on top against Pittsburg by a score of 4-0 on Tuesday.
Heritage's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Williams, who went 2-for-2 with two RBI.
De La Salle is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Heritage, their victory was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 20-5-1.
De La Salle took their win against Heritage in their previous meeting back in May of 2019 by a conclusive 10-1. Does De La Salle have another victory up their sleeve, or will Heritage turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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