The Strawberry Crest Chargers will challenge the Lennard Longhorns at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lennard will be up against a hot Strawberry Crest squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Strawberry Crest blew past Middleton 17-2 on Friday. Considering the Chargers have won ten matchups by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Tripp House looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in walks (zero).
Nico Cappucci
| 03/28/25 vs Middleton | 3 |
| 03/25/25 @ Tampa Bay Tech | 2 |
| 03/19/25 vs Plant | 2 |
| 03/18/25 vs Lennard | 2 |
| 03/17/25 vs Alonso | 2 |
At the plate, Strawberry Crest let Dillon Knight and Nico Cappucci run wild. Knight got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and three RBI, while Cappucci went 2-for-4 with two triples, three runs, and four RBI. Those three runs gave Cappucci a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Matt Hall, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Strawberry Crest was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .471. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Middleton only posted a batting average of .143.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lennard). Everything went their way against Riverview on Thursday as Lennard made off with a 27-4 win. The Longhorns haven't had any issues with the Sharks recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Pablo Garcia looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. He has become a key player for Lennard: the team is 5-2 when he allows at most one hit, but 2-8 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Mikie Locke was a standout: he went 4-for-5 with two triples, five RBI, and one run. The team also got some help courtesy of R.J. Torres, who got on base in five of his six plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and four RBI.
Strawberry Crest's win bumped their record up to 15-4. As for Lennard, their victory bumped their record up to 7-10.
Strawberry Crest's speedy runners might be the difference in Saturday's game. Strawberry Crest has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 4.2 stolen bases per game. It's a different story for Lennard, though, as they've been averaging only 1 stolen bases. Will they be able to secure the bases, or will Strawberry Crest continue to outrun the ball?
Strawberry Crest beat Lennard 16-13 in their previous matchup last Tuesday. Will Strawberry Crest repeat their success, or does Lennard has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
