Baseball Preview: La Salle College Explorers vs. William Penn Charter Quakers
The La Salle College Explorers will stay at home for another game and welcome the William Penn Charter Quakers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Neither La Salle College nor William Penn Charter posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
La Salle College is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: Neumann-Goretti, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (La Salle College was ranked tenth). La Salle College fell 5-2 to Neumann-Goretti on Wednesday.
Logan Potter was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits (and not a single walk).
At the plate, La Salle College saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matt Gannon, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, William Penn Charter was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost 6-0 to Holy Ghost Prep.
La Salle College's defeat dropped their record down to 11-3. As for William Penn Charter, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
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