Baseball Game Preview: Hialeah Educational Academy Biggie vs. Brito Panthers

The Hialeah Educational Academy Biggie will face off against the Brito Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hialeah Educational Academy will be strutting in after a victory while Brito will be coming in after a loss.

Hialeah Educational Academy took a loss when they played away from home last Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand South Dade a 5-0 shutout.

JEREMIAH ACOSTA

Hits Against

02/19/25 vs ABF Academy Homestead	4
03/26/25 vs Miami Springs	3
03/18/25 vs Hialeah	3
02/14/25 vs Brito	3
03/22/25 @ Southridge	2
+ 2 more games

JEREMIAH ACOSTA looked comfortable as he pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He is becoming a predictor of Hialeah Educational Academy's success: when he allows at most two hits the team is 4-2 (and 4-8 when he doesn't).

At the plate, Hialeah Educational Academy's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was JOSE AVILES, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Another was BRYAN GONZALEZ, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one RBI.

Meanwhile, Brito was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Sunset. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly four runs.

Raivon Pinder was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one home run and three RBI. That home run was his first of the season.

Hialeah Educational Academy has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Brito, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11.

Hialeah Educational Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Brito in their previous meeting last Monday, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Biggie repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.