Baseball Preview: Notre Dame Academy Tritons vs. De Pere Redbirds
Notre Dame Academy is on a five-game streak of home wins, while De Pere is on a ten-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Notre Dame Academy Tritons will take on the De Pere Redbirds at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Notre Dame Academy: 2.7, De Pere: 2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
In what's become a running theme this season, Notre Dame Academy gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Green Bay Southwest an 8-0 shutout.
The result came thanks to Donatello Badalamenti's shutout, as he gave up just four hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Brady LaViolette, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Smits, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday De Pere sidestepped Bay Port for a 2-0 win.
Notre Dame Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for De Pere, their victory bumped their record up to 11-2.
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