Baseball Recap: Newark Academy Minutemen vs. Payne Tech Lions
Newark Academy stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They blew past the Payne Tech Lions 16-1. 16 seems to be a good number for Newark Academy as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Shane Sampson looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Ryan Zhu was a standout: he went 3-for-3 with five RBI, two runs, and two doubles. The team also got some help courtesy of Carson DiVirgillio, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4.
The win made it two in a row for Newark Academy and bumps their season record up to 7-1. As for Payne Tech, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Newark Academy will take on Belleville at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Belleville: 3.8, Newark Academy: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Payne Tech, they are on the road again on Friday to play Shabazz at 4:00 p.m. Payne Tech is facing Shabazz at the right time seeing as Shabazz is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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