Baseball Recap: Mater Academy Charter Lions vs. Archbishop McCarthy Mavericks
Mater Academy Charter entered their tilt with Archbishop McCarthy with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They walked away with an 8-3 victory over the Archbishop McCarthy Mavericks on Thursday. That's two games straight that Mater Academy Charter has won by exactly five runs.
Mater Academy Charter got a great performance from Jonathan Leyva as he tossed six innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits.
At the plate, Jonathan Esponda was incredible, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a run. Another player making a difference was Larry Rodriguez, who went 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
On Archbishop McCarthy's side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Garret Duffy, who went 1-for-1 with two RBI and a double.
Mater Academy Charter is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Archbishop McCarthy, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Mater Academy Charter will play host again on Monday to welcome Westminster Christian, where first pitch is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Westminster Christian: 3.2, Mater Academy Charter: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Archbishop McCarthy, they will head out on the road to square off against Miami Springs at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
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