Baseball Preview: Harvest Prep Academy Eagle vs. Mission Heights Prep Phantoms
The Harvest Prep Academy Eagle will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Mission Heights Prep Phantoms at 4:00 p.m. The pair have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Harvest Prep Academy and three for Mission Heights Prep.
Monday just wasn't the day for Harvest Prep Academy's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 16-0 walloping at the hands of East Valley Athletes for Christ on Monday.
Meanwhile, the matchup between Mission Heights Prep and Imagine Prep on Tuesday hardly resembled the 2-1 effort from their previous meeting. Mission Heights Prep's rough 14-7 defeat to Imagine Prep might stick with them for a while.
Nathanyl Zink was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Daniel Vargas, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Mission Heights Prep didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Imagine Prep only tossed three.
Harvest Prep Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Mission Heights Prep, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3.
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