The Latin Romans will square off against the Holy Trinity Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
Latin is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victors by an 18-6 margin over Chicago University on Wednesday. Considering the Romans have won eight matches by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Latin got a massive performance out of Drew Lufrano, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. That's the most runs Lufrano has posted since back in May of 2024. John Rose was another key player, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs, two RBI, and one double.
Latin was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Holy Trinity had just enough and edged out Fasman Yeshiva 4-2 on Wednesday.
Holy Trinity saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noe Hernandez, who went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Holy Trinity pushed their record up to 16-8 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Latin, their victory bumped their record up to 11-2.
Everything went Latin's way against Holy Trinity in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, as Latin made off with a 16-4 win. Will the Romans repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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