Baseball Preview: Highlands Latin Highlanders vs. Atherton Ravens
The Highlands Latin Highlanders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Atherton Ravens at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Atherton took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Highlands Latin, who comes in off a win.
Highlands Latin is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Tuesday, just like they did against LKY (and have done all season long). Highlands Latin beat LKY on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 9-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Highlands Latin.
Truman Neuner was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single hit, only one earned run while striking out 14 over seven innings pitched. Neuner was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with an RBI.
In other batting news, Lucas Trier and Daniel Sweeney did most of the damage at the plate: Trier scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Sweeney scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. Caleb Kang was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Atherton fell victim to Spencer County and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They lost 10-0 to the Bears. That's two games in a row now that Atherton has lost by exactly ten runs.
Highlands Latin's win bumped their record up to 16-5. As for Atherton, their defeat was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 6-14.
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