With a playoff game on the line, De La Salle rose to the challenge on Friday. Everything went their way against the Heritage Patriots as they made off with a 13-3 win. De La Salle might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten matchups by six runs or more this season.
Tommy Curran tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over 4.2 innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Alec Blair, who fired off two home runs, six RBI, and three runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Tyler Spangler, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
On Heritage's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alonzo Alvarez, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
De La Salle has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Heritage, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 20-6-1.
De La Salle will be playing at home against College Park at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (De La Salle: 2.5, College Park: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. Heritage does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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