Baseball Preview: De La Salle Meteors vs. Aurora Central Catholic Chargers
The De La Salle Meteors will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Aurora Central Catholic Chargers at 11:00 a.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Thursday, everything went De La Salle's way against St. Francis as De La Salle made off with a 9-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for De La Salle.
Kaleb Navarro made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Navarro was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a home run and five RBI.
In other pitching news, Beckett Hulten looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
Back at the plate, Kenny Perez was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Dasaan Lee, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Aurora Central Catholic, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against IC Catholic Prep on Thursday and snuck past 4-3.
The win got De La Salle back to even at 12-12. As for Aurora Central Catholic, they pushed their record up to 10-12 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
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