Baseball Recap: Hillel Academy Extends Home Winning Streak to Six

Hillel Academy entered their tilt with Fuchs Mizrachi on Sunday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. They were the clear victors by a 13-3 margin over the Mayhem. Considering the Heat have won four matches by more than five runs this season, Sunday's blowout was nothing new.

Dovid Blalock made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He pitched four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off one hit. Blalock was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one RBI.

Yosef Levari

Runs (Career)

05/04/25 vs Fuchs Mizrachi	3
03/16/25 vs Summit Academy	2
05/04/25 vs Fuchs Mizrachi	1
04/22/25 @ Sewickley Academy	1
05/19/24 @ Maimonides	1

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Yosef Levari, who went 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBI. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Ashi Itskowitz was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs.

Hillel Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in four consecutive games.

Hillel Academy's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-4. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Fuchs Mizrachi, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-5.

Hillel Academy has already played their next contest, a 7-3 win against Geibel Catholic on the 7th. As for Fuchs Mizrachi, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next matchup, a 10-0 loss against Southeast on the 8th.