Baseball Game Preview: La Salle Academy Rams vs. Bishop Hendricken Hawks

The La Salle Academy Rams will head out to take on the Bishop Hendricken Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (La Salle Academy 3.4, Bishop Hendricken 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.

La Salle Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: North Kingstown, who was ranked seventh at the time (La Salle Academy was ranked fourth). The Rams skirted past the Skippers 7-6. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last seven times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Axel Dasilva

Runs (Career)

05/27/25 vs North Kingstown	3
04/30/25 vs Cranston East	2
04/10/25 vs Smithfield	2
05/02/25 vs Moses Brown	1
04/24/25 vs Bishop Hendricken	1

La Salle Academy let Axel Dasilva and David Cavalloro run wild. Dasilva went 3-for-4 with four stolen bases and three runs, while Cavalloro got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run and two RBI. Those three runs gave Dasilva a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Adryan Urena, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and two runs.

Meanwhile, Bishop Hendricken posted their closest victory since April 25th on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Smithfield a 2-0 shutout. The Hawks haven't had any issues with the Sentinels recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.

Bishop Hendricken's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Cullen Crain, who went 2-for-3 with one run.

La Salle Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Bishop Hendricken, their victory bumped their record up to 20-5.

La Salle Academy beat Bishop Hendricken 11-7 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Will the Rams repeat their success, or do the Hawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.