The Cheshire Academy Cats will head out on the road to challenge the Salisbury School Crimson Knights at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cheshire Academy will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Monday, then bounced right back against Berkshire School on Tuesday. Cheshire Academy was the clear victor by a 13-1 margin over Berkshire School. The win made it back-to-back victories for Cheshire Academy.
Meanwhile, Salisbury School came tearing into Wednesday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Griffins with a sharp 11-5 win.
Derrick Dellea tossed a big game, pitching six innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kaleb Traylor, who went 1-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Gavin O?Brien, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Cheshire Academy is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. As for Salisbury School, they pushed their record up to 20-4 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
Cheshire Academy came up short against Salisbury School in their previous matchup back in April, falling 6-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Salisbury School's Danny Rogers, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that Cheshire Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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