The Boys' Latin Charter Warriors will challenge the Thomas A. Edison Owls at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Boys' Latin Charter sitting on three straight wins and Thomas A. Edison on five.
Boys' Latin Charter's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They put the hurt on Science Leadership Academy at Beeber with a sharp 15-0 victory. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 12 runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Thomas A. Edison). They blew past Olney 15-0 on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Thomas A. Edison let Janzel Berrios and Neyer Paulino run wild. Berrios went a perfect 2-for-2 with four stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs, while Paulino went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. Those two hits gave Berrios a new career-high. Anderson Carresquel-Ascanio was another key player, going 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and two runs.
Thomas A. Edison always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .700. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Boys' Latin Charter's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-1. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.8 runs over those games. As for Thomas A. Edison, their victory bumped their record up to 10-2.
Everything went Boys' Latin Charter's way against Thomas A. Edison in their previous meeting back in May of 2017, as Boys' Latin Charter made off with an 18-9 win. Will the Warriors repeat their success, or do the Owls have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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