Baseball Game Preview: Mulberry Panthers vs. Victory Christian Academy Storm

The Mulberry Panthers will square off against the Victory Christian Academy Storm at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Mulberry will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.

If Mulberry beats Victory Christian Academy with six runs on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Mulberry beat Gateway Charter on Saturday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 6-2.

Jaden Sweeney

Batters Struck Out

03/29/25 vs Gateway Charter	8
03/19/25 vs Winter Haven	4
03/17/25 vs Lakeland Christian	6
03/07/25 vs Discovery	1
02/25/25 vs Hardee	8

Jaden Sweeney tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in February.

At the plate, Brock Thielen was incredible, scoring a run and stealing six bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Those six stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Griffin Cline, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, after soaring to 15 runs the game before, Victory Christian Academy was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They fell just short of Foundation Christian Academy by a score of 3-1. The Storm's loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

Victory Christian Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Braylon Mitchell, who went 1-for-3 with one double.

Victory Christian Academy's defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 12-5. As for Mulberry, their victory bumped their record up to 15-5.