Baseball Game Preview: Washington Heights Expeditionary vs. Community Health Academy

By Team Reports Apr 29, 2025, 10:24pm

Baseball Preview: Washington Heights Expeditionary vs. Community Health Academy

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Washington Heights Expeditionary and Community Health Academy are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2018, but likely not for long. Washington Heights Expeditionary will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Community Health Academy at 4:00 p.m. Washington Heights Expeditionary is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11 runs per game this season.

Washington Heights Expeditionary's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Collaborative Education with a sharp 8-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Washington Heights Expeditionary.

Sebastian Suarez and Yadier Soler were major factors while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Suarez didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Meanwhile, Soler tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Suarez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances. At bat, Suarez got on base in two of his five plate appearances with three stolen bases and two runs, while Soler got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. The dominant performance also gave Soler a new career-high in hits (two).

In other batting news, David Marte was a standout: he went 1-for-4 with one home run. That home run was his first of the season. Anthony Acevado was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one double.

Meanwhile, Community Health Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 12th straight defeat dating back to last season. They lost 13-1 to Douglass Academy.

Community Health Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Washington Heights Expeditionary, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.

Community Health Academy's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Washington Heights Expeditionary has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .579. It's a different story for Community Health Academy, though, as they've only averaged .271. Will they be able to contain Washington Heights Expeditionary's hitters?

Everything went Washington Heights Expeditionary's way against Community Health Academy in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, as Washington Heights Expeditionary made off with a 15-5 victory. Will Washington Heights Expeditionary repeat their success, or does Community Health Academy has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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