The Northeast Vikings will take on the DePaul College Prep Rams at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Northeast is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Clearwater Central Catholic on Tuesday as Northeast made off with a 9-2 victory.
Xander Gericke tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out seven over six innings pitched. That one hit allowed gave him a new career-low.
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On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Connor Mook, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nick Bongo, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI.
Northeast kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, DePaul College Prep put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against St. Raymond Boys by a score of 9-5. That's two games straight that the Rams have won by exactly four runs.
DePaul College Prep also got a great performance from Liam Daly as he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, Joey Sacchetti was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Addison Latko was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one triple.
Northeast pushed their record up to 7-6 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for DePaul College Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
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