Baseball Recap: Pace Academy Knights vs. Seckinger Jaguars
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Pace Academy can now relate to. They fell just short of the Seckinger Jaguars by a score of 7-5 on Thursday. Pace Academy's loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Pace Academy saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Terrence Kiel, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Kiel hasn't dropped below two stolen bases for three straight games.
On Seckinger's side, Maverick Torres spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered four earned (and one unearned) runs on eight hits and racked up eight Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jojo Montgomery, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Caleb Fleitz was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Pace Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 18-8-2. As for Seckinger, their victory bumped their record up to 16-13.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Pace Academy beat Seckinger by a score of 4-2 later that day.
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