Baseball Preview: College Park Falcons vs. Heritage Patriots
The College Park Falcons will be playing at home against the Heritage Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. College Park has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three, while Heritage will come in with eight straight wins.
Last Tuesday, College Park came up short against Cardinal Newman and fell 6-2. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs College Park has scored all season.
College Park saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Leffel, who went 1-for-3 with a double. Leffel has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, while Heritage put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Antioch. Heritage walked away with a 5-0 victory over Antioch.
JJ Kinnaird made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. Kinnaird was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Heritage let Alonzo Alvarez and Gio Martini loose on the outfield. Alvarez scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4, while Martini went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
College Park now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Heritage, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1-1.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. College Park has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Heritage struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
College Park took their victory against Heritage in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 9-1. Does College Park have another victory up their sleeve, or will Heritage turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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