Baseball Game Preview: Doral Academy Red Rock Dragons vs. Western Warriors

The Doral Academy Red Rock Dragons are taking a road trip to square off against the Western Warriors at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Doral Academy Red Rock is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.

Doral Academy Red Rock is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Cheyenne 4-3.

Harvey Swann

Batters Struck Out (Career)

05/03/25 vs Cheyenne	6
04/14/25 vs Cheyenne	3
03/27/25 vs Southeast Career Tech	2
04/30/25 vs Clark	1
04/03/25 vs Brentwood School	1

Ethan Hong and Harvey Swann made a big impact no matter where they played. On the mound, Hong tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Swann struck out six batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off eight hits (and not a single walk). Those six strikeouts gave him a new career-high. At bat, Hong went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, one double, and one RBI, while Swann went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one run. Doral Academy Red Rock is undefeated when Hong posts two or more stolen bases, but 4-12-1 otherwise.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Sebastian Zaman, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. He is becoming a predictor of Doral Academy Red Rock's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 1-12-1 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Keagan Gartner, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double.

Doral Academy Red Rock was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .483. They are undefeated (5-0) when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Meanwhile, Western was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 8-0 to Clark.

Western saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Adrian Diaz, who went 3-for-4 with two doubles.

Doral Academy Red Rock's record is now 7-12-1. As for Western, their loss dropped their record down to 12-11.

Doral Academy Red Rock couldn't quite finish off Western in their previous meeting back in March and fell 5-3. Can the Dragons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.