Baseball Game Preview: Mounds Park Academy Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 17, 2024, 3:54am

Baseball Preview: Mounds Park Academy Panthers vs. Heritage Christian

The Mounds Park Academy Panthers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Heritage Christian at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Mounds Park Academy will head into Thursday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Providence Academy on Thursday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the 12-run loss they were dealt on Tuesday. Mounds Park Academy fell just short of Providence Academy by a score of 7-5.

Mounds Park Academy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ty Sundgren, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI. Colin Fike was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.

Meanwhile, Heritage Christian unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak last Thursday. They took a 12-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Spectrum.

Mounds Park Academy has traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last eight contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-9 record this season. As for Heritage Christian, their record is now 9-2.

Mounds Park Academy skirted past Heritage Christian 5-3 in their previous meeting back in April of 2022. Does Mounds Park Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Heritage Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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