Baseball Recap: RJ Cooper leads Imagine School at North Port to victory over Out-of-Door Academy

By Team Reports May 3, 2024, 12:33am

Baseball Recap: Imagine School at North Port Sharks vs. Out-of-Door Academy Thunder

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Imagine School at North Port had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They skirted past the Out-of-Door Academy Thunder 6-5. The victory was nothing new for Imagine School at North Port as they're now sitting on four straight.

RJ Cooper was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off four hits. Cooper has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Cooper was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.

Cooper wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Dominic Poole, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Joseph Standford was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a double.

Imagine School at North Port is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Out-of-Door Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-11.

As of now, neither Imagine School at North Port nor Out-of-Door Academy have any future games scheduled.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps