Baseball Recap: Excel Academy Charter Takes a Loss

Excel Academy Charter extended their losing streak to six on Thursday, dropping their season record down to 2-8 in the process. They came up short against the O'Bryant Tigers, falling 12-1. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Tigers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 15-5 back in April.

As for O'Bryant, they moved to 5-7 with that victory, which also ended their four-game losing streak. They might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by nine runs or more this season.

For O'Bryant's part, Kai Hosokawa made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Hosokawa was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs and one RBI.

In other pitching news, Jaelan Villar looked comfortable as he pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.

Back at the plate, Hanleix Santana Perez was incredible, going 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one triple. Anderson Sweeney was another key player, going 1-for-3 with four stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.

Excel Academy Charter does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for O'Bryant, they will face off against Nantucket at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.