Baseball Preview: Carver Crusaders vs. Wareham Vikings
The Carver Crusaders will head out on the road to face off against the Wareham Vikings at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Carver is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
On Tuesday, Carver earned a 9-4 victory over Cardinal Spellman.
Nathan Dirado was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up four earned runs off eight hits. Dirado has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Dirado was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Levon Mulready and Teagan Zakrzewski did most of the damage at the plate: Mulready scored a run while going 3-for-3, while Zakrzewski scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Zakrzewski has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Tyler Lennox, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Wareham lost 14-4 to Upper Cape Cod RVT on Friday. Wareham has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Carver is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for Wareham, their loss dropped their record down to 5-11.
Carver was able to grind out a solid win over Wareham when the teams last played back in April, winning 8-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for Carver since the squad 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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