Berkeley Prep had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Tampa Catholic Crusaders by a score of 4-1. This was payback for Berkeley Prep, who suffered a 7-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Rivers Kurland made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and not a single walk). Kurland has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Kurland was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Josh Herrmann was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Lucas Farrar, who went 1-for-2 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
On Tampa Catholic's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hershey Sanchez, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Berkeley Prep pushed their record up to 7-9 with that win, which was their third straight at home. Those victories, didn't necessarily come from the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 4.0 runs per game. As for Tampa Catholic, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-6.
Berkeley Prep will head out on the road to challenge Tampa Prep at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Tampa Catholic, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Bishop Verot at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Tampa Catholic: 2.6, Bishop Verot: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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