Baseball Recap: La Salle Academy Rams vs. North Kingstown Skippers
After some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last three matches, La Salle Academy finally came back down to earth on Thursday. They fell 6-2 to the North Kingstown Skippers. The loss was La Salle Academy's first of the season.
Matt Destefanis was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off seven hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Thomas Malloy made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Having lost for the first time this season, La Salle Academy fell to 3-1. As for North Kingstown, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
La Salle Academy didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 9-0 loss vs. Cranston East on the 13th. As for North Kingstown, they will head out on the road to take on Lincoln at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday. North Kingstown's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so Lincoln's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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