Baseball Recap: Washington Heights Expeditionary has no trouble against Community Health Academy

By Team Reports May 4, 2024, 6:29am

Baseball Recap: Washington Heights Expeditionary vs. Community Health Academy

Washington Heights Expeditionary had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against Community Health Academy as they made off with a 14-4 win. This was payback for Washington Heights Expeditionary, who suffered a 5-2 loss the last time these two teams met.

Justin Diaz looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.

On the hitting side, Emil Valenzuela was a standout: he scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was David Marte, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.

Washington Heights Expeditionary's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Community Health Academy, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-4.

Washington Heights Expeditionary will have a chance to go back-to-back against Community Health Academy: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.

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