On Monday, La Salle Academy faced Smithfield in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The La Salle Academy Rams walked away with a 7-4 win over the Smithfield Sentinels. Seven seems to be a good number for La Salle Academy as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Matt Destefanis spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered four earned runs on four hits.
On the hitting side, Nate Bautista was excellent, scoring a run while going 1-for-4. Another player making a difference was Aiden Ciprian, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
On Smithfield's side, they got a good showing from Luca Simonelli, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. Simonelli has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Smithfield saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Chamberlin, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI. Michael Villandry was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
The win (which was La Salle Academy's fourth in a row) raised their record to 8-6. As for Smithfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6-2.
La Salle Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against Smithfield: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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