Baseball Game Preview: MVP Baseball Academy Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 3, 2024, 5:26am

Baseball Preview: MVP Baseball Academy vs. Central Florida Knights Academy Knights

MVP Baseball Academy will head out on the road to challenge the Central Florida Knights Academy Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. MVP Baseball Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.

If MVP Baseball Academy beats Central Florida Knights Academy with four runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. MVP Baseball Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Southeastern Prep Academy on Thursday and snuck past 4-3. The win was familiar territory for MVP Baseball Academy who now have three in a row.

DAVID OTERO looked comfortable as he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, MVP Baseball Academy's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was PEDRO COLON, who went 2-for-2 with a stolen base.

Meanwhile, Central Florida Knights Academy took care of business in their home opener back in March. They came out on top against Reborn Christian Academy by a score of 9-4.

MVP Baseball Academy is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6-1 record this season. As for Central Florida Knights Academy, their win was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 1-0.

Everything went MVP Baseball Academy's way against Central Florida Knights Academy in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as MVP Baseball Academy made off with a 20-6 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for MVP Baseball Academy since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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