Baseball Recap: Morgan Trojans vs. American Leadership Academy Eagles
Morgan came tearing into Wednesday's game with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.1 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the American Leadership Academy Eagles by a score of 7-3. That's more bragging rights for Morgan, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
The team relied heavily on Beck Sheffield, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Benjamin Harden was another key contributor, going 3-for-3 with three runs and a triple.
On American Leadership Academy's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Ruch, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Morgan has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for American Leadership Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 15-7.
Morgan will head out on the road to take on Ogden at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Ogden has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.13 runs per game on average), something Morgan will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for American Leadership Academy, they will head out on the road to challenge Providence Hall at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Providence Hall is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
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