Friday
Delmar (4-1) @ Cape (4-1). Delmar has won 4 straight games since their opening day loss against Smyrna 4-0. Delmar has had some good pitching from Adkins and Richardson only allowing 12 runs in 5 games. Smyrna is the only team to put up more 3 runs. Cape has played well in every game and its only loss was a 2-1 game with Caravel. Cape was pretty dominant in its wins over Mtown and played well enough in its closer wins over Milford and Central. Cape has some pretty decent pitching as well but they have allowed 19 runs in 5 games.
CR (4-3) @ IR (0-5). After starting 1-3 (with losses to Milford, St Marks and Concord), CR has gotten 3 straight wins over Tech, Wood and Central. IR started off the season scoring 12 runs against Poly, but in the last 4 games have only had 5 runs total while allowing 46 runs. This could get ugly.
St Andrews (3-3) @ Lake (3-3). According to the records this looks like it might be a good matchup. But St Andrews has loss 3 straight games. In the last 6 games St Andrews has surrendered 47 runs. Lake has been the exact opposite, losing its first 3 but has gotten 3 straight wins. I don’t expect this one to be close. Lake likes to hit and St Andrews gives up the hits.
Milford (4-3) @ Laurel (1-3). Milford has Won, Loss, Won, Loss, Won, Loss and won. Get the pattern? Well I suspect they break that pattern with a win over Laurel. Laurel got its first win last night over a weak Delmarva Christian team winning 9-8. Laurel is giving up 12 runs per game on average.
Central (2-4) @ Polytech (5-1). Central is 0-4 versus Delaware teams. Central is playing okay, they just can’t get a win. They loss by 2 against Cape, 3 against Lake and 1 run to CR. Against both Lake and CR they were up early 3-0 in one game and 4-0 in the other. Poly has played very well. Their only loss was a 3-1 game against Dover. Their other 5 wins were all by 10-run or more against some decent teams in Lake, Glasgow, Milford. Poly was 10-run by Central last year. I think revenge may be coming…
Sallies (4-0) vs Newark Charter (3-3) at Frawley 7pm. Sallies is quietly rolling along as most of the other top ten teams are losing. Sallies is my clear number 1 at this point with wins over Caravel, Appo, St Georges. BUT, if I’m 8yaz and I want to be critical of a private school, I could say that Sallies had three close wins over those 3 teams. They could easily be 1-3 right now. But they aren’t, so right now they are tops… Sallies is getting some good defense on the mound and in the field. They only have 3 errors over 4 games and have only allowed 8 runs total over those games. Sallies has a big matchup this coming Tuesday with St Marks. Newark Charter is an upcoming team that with the exception of the Conrad game (losing 11-0), they have played decent ball. They beat Charter, Tatnall and Mt P and had close losses to Arch and Appo. Newark Charter almost pulled the upset over Sallies last year taking a 6-4 lead in the top of the seventh only to have Sallies come back and win it with 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th.
Delmar (4-1) @ Cape (4-1). Delmar has won 4 straight games since their opening day loss against Smyrna 4-0. Delmar has had some good pitching from Adkins and Richardson only allowing 12 runs in 5 games. Smyrna is the only team to put up more 3 runs. Cape has played well in every game and its only loss was a 2-1 game with Caravel. Cape was pretty dominant in its wins over Mtown and played well enough in its closer wins over Milford and Central. Cape has some pretty decent pitching as well but they have allowed 19 runs in 5 games.
CR (4-3) @ IR (0-5). After starting 1-3 (with losses to Milford, St Marks and Concord), CR has gotten 3 straight wins over Tech, Wood and Central. IR started off the season scoring 12 runs against Poly, but in the last 4 games have only had 5 runs total while allowing 46 runs. This could get ugly.
St Andrews (3-3) @ Lake (3-3). According to the records this looks like it might be a good matchup. But St Andrews has loss 3 straight games. In the last 6 games St Andrews has surrendered 47 runs. Lake has been the exact opposite, losing its first 3 but has gotten 3 straight wins. I don’t expect this one to be close. Lake likes to hit and St Andrews gives up the hits.
Milford (4-3) @ Laurel (1-3). Milford has Won, Loss, Won, Loss, Won, Loss and won. Get the pattern? Well I suspect they break that pattern with a win over Laurel. Laurel got its first win last night over a weak Delmarva Christian team winning 9-8. Laurel is giving up 12 runs per game on average.
Central (2-4) @ Polytech (5-1). Central is 0-4 versus Delaware teams. Central is playing okay, they just can’t get a win. They loss by 2 against Cape, 3 against Lake and 1 run to CR. Against both Lake and CR they were up early 3-0 in one game and 4-0 in the other. Poly has played very well. Their only loss was a 3-1 game against Dover. Their other 5 wins were all by 10-run or more against some decent teams in Lake, Glasgow, Milford. Poly was 10-run by Central last year. I think revenge may be coming…
Sallies (4-0) vs Newark Charter (3-3) at Frawley 7pm. Sallies is quietly rolling along as most of the other top ten teams are losing. Sallies is my clear number 1 at this point with wins over Caravel, Appo, St Georges. BUT, if I’m 8yaz and I want to be critical of a private school, I could say that Sallies had three close wins over those 3 teams. They could easily be 1-3 right now. But they aren’t, so right now they are tops… Sallies is getting some good defense on the mound and in the field. They only have 3 errors over 4 games and have only allowed 8 runs total over those games. Sallies has a big matchup this coming Tuesday with St Marks. Newark Charter is an upcoming team that with the exception of the Conrad game (losing 11-0), they have played decent ball. They beat Charter, Tatnall and Mt P and had close losses to Arch and Appo. Newark Charter almost pulled the upset over Sallies last year taking a 6-4 lead in the top of the seventh only to have Sallies come back and win it with 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th.