Baseball Preview: College Park Falcons vs. Northgate Broncos
College Park is 9-1 against Northgate since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The College Park Falcons will be playing at home against the Northgate Broncos at 4:00 p.m. The timing is sure in College Park's favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Northgate has been banged up by six consecutive losses on the road.
College Park's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Berkeley as College Park made off with an 8-0 victory. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest win College Park has managed all season.
Brady Mead looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Nathan Leffel, who went 2-for-4 with a home run and five RBI. Connor Berkowitz was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Northgate came up short against California on Saturday and fell 9-5.
Christopher Flores and Jack Dress did some serious damage despite the final result: Flores went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI, while Dress went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Blayne Ballard, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
College Park is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Northgate, their loss dropped their record down to 3-15.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. College Park has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Northgate struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
College Park was able to grind out a solid victory over Northgate in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, winning 4-0. Does College Park have another victory up their sleeve, or will Northgate turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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