Baseball Recap: Harvest Prep Academy Eagle vs. Mission Heights Prep Phantoms
Sadly, Harvest Prep Academy is still looking for their first win of the season after five games. They suffered a rough 15-3 defeat at the hands of the Mission Heights Prep Phantoms on Monday.
For Mission Heights Prep's part, Ricky Luevano made a big impact no matter where he played. He tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits (he also only allowed one walk). Luevano has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Luevano was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing three bases while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Nathanyl Zink, who scored three runs and stole five bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Yovon Chavez, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Harvest Prep Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Mission Heights Prep, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
Harvest Prep Academy will head out on the road to face off against Heritage Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Mission Heights Prep, they will be playing in front of their home fans against East Valley Athletes for Christ at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mission Heights Prep will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
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