The Holy Spirit Prep Cougars will take on the Heritage Preparatory Rams at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Holy Spirit Prep has four straight victories, Heritage Preparatory has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Wednesday, Holy Spirit Prep needed a bit of extra time to put away Heritage Preparatory. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over the Rams. Six seems to be a good number for the Cougars as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Andrew Wingate made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out ten over nine innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up a single earned run any time he's pitched this season. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Anthony Lombardi, who scored two runs and stole Four bases. while going 3-for-5. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in March of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Lewis, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases and one RBI.
Holy Spirit Prep pushed their record up to 3-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Heritage Preparatory, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
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