Baseball Preview: Berkeley Yellowjackets vs. De La Salle Spartans
The Berkeley Yellowjackets will head out on the road to square off against the De La Salle Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The last three games Berkeley has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
On Friday, Berkeley sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 8-6 win over Piedmont.
Berkeley let Jackson Ehrlich and Isaiah Mays loose on the outfield. Ehrlich went 1-for-5 with a home run and two RBI, while Mays scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Quinton Hill, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, De La Salle had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They walked away with a 7-3 victory over the Grizzlies. That's two games straight that De La Salle has won by exactly four runs.
RJ Meyn tossed a big game, tossing six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off nine hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Hank Tripaldi, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Tyler Spangler was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with a home run.
Berkeley now has a winning record of 12-11. As for De La Salle, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
Berkeley couldn't quite finish off De La Salle in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 and fell 12-10. Can Berkeley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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