Baseball Preview: True North Classical Academy Titans vs. Taravella Trojans
True North Classical Academy has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Taravella Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (True North Classical Academy: 3.4, Taravella: 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
True North Classical Academy fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Braddock on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 2-1.
Alan Soler was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, True North Classical Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gabriel Mestre, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Taravella came up short against Western on Thursday and fell 6-3.
Jonathon Lopez put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Lopez was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a home run.
True North Classical Academy's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-7-1. As for Taravella, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-5.
True North Classical Academy couldn't quite finish off Taravella in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 and fell 6-4. Can True North Classical Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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