Baseball Preview: La Salle Academy Rams vs. South Kingstown Rebels
The La Salle Academy Rams will head out on the road to face off against the South Kingstown Rebels at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. La Salle Academy is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
La Salle Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Smithfield, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (La Salle Academy was ranked ninth). La Salle Academy came out on top against Smithfield by a score of 7-4 on Monday.
Matt Destefanis spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered four earned runs on four hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Nate Bautista, who scored a run while going 1-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Ciprian, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, South Kingstown stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Pilgrim a 6-0 shutout.
La Salle Academy pushed their record up to 9-6 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for South Kingstown, their victory bumped their record up to 13-4.
La Salle Academy suffered a grim 13-7 defeat to South Kingstown in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can La Salle Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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