Trinity Academy hasn't had much luck against Collegiate recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Knights will host the Spartans at 3:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Trinity Academy has three straight victories, Collegiate has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
The home team had won the previous two meetings between Trinity Academy and Douglass, and Trinity Academy kept the tradition alive. The Knights blew past the Bulldogs 13-3 on Monday. Considering the Knights have won 11 matches by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Collegiate didn't have quite enough to beat Clearwater on Thursday and fell 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Spartans have lost by just one run.
Isaac Vanderburg was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one triple, one stolen base, and one RBI. That triple marked the first that he has hit this season.
Trinity Academy's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-4. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Collegiate, their loss dropped their record down to 11-11.
Trinity Academy took their win against Collegiate when the teams last played back in May of 2024 by a conclusive 10-0 score. Will the Knights repeat their success, or do the Spartans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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