Baseball Preview: La Salle Academy Rams vs. South Kingstown Rebels
The La Salle Academy Rams are on the road again on Sunday to play the South Kingstown Rebels at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
La Salle Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Cumberland 8-2. La Salle Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won eight matchups by six runs or more this season.
La Salle Academy got a great performance from Cameron Caprio as he pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. Caprio has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Thomas Malloy was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Caden Calabro, who went 2-for-5 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, South Kingstown faced Cumberland in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. South Kingstown came out on top in a nail-biter against Cumberland and snuck past 6-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for South Kingstown.
La Salle Academy has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for South Kingstown, their win bumped their record up to 18-6.
La Salle Academy beat South Kingstown 8-3 in their previous meeting back in May. The rematch might be a little tougher for La Salle Academy since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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