Baseball Recap: Mater Lakes Academy Takes a Loss

Mater Lakes Academy easily dispatched Sports Leadership & Management last Thursday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Mater Lakes Academy Bears fell just short of the ABF Academy Cowboys by a score of 4-2 on Monday. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, the Bears couldn't push the score so high this time.

ANTHONY VELAZQUEZ

Hits (Career)

03/17/25 vs ABF Academy	2
03/13/25 vs Sports Leadership & Management	1
03/11/25 vs Schoolhouse Prep	1
03/07/25 vs Everglades	1
03/03/25 vs Varela	1

Mater Lakes Academy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was ANTHONY VELAZQUEZ, who went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI. The dominant performance gave VELAZQUEZ a new career-high in hits.

Mater Lakes Academy has traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-5-3 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. ABF Academy's victory bumped their record up to 5-6.

Mater Lakes Academy didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 defeat against Columbus on the 18th. As for ABF Academy, they will head out on the road to face off against Everglades at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Everglades' pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so ABF Academy's hitters will have their work cut out for them.