Baseball Recap: La Salle College Explorers vs. Roman Catholic Cahillite
La Salle College had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.6 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Thursday. They beat the Roman Catholic Cahillite by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 12-2. The result was nothing new for La Salle College, who have now won five contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Chris Cavalcante tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Dan Murray and Kevin Schmidt did most of the damage at the plate: Murray scored three runs and stole two bases, while Schmidt got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of David Vozzo, who scored two runs and stole three bases.
On Roman Catholic's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Santino Harwood, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
La Salle College pushed their record up to 10-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Roman Catholic, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8.
La Salle College will be playing in front of their home fans against La Salle Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (La Salle Academy: 3.9, La Salle College: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Roman Catholic, they will play host again on Friday to welcome Conwell-Egan Catholic, where first pitch is scheduled at 4:00 p.m.
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