Baseball Recap: Hearts Academy Gets the Win

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Previous 5 Games

05/08/26 - Away	4-0 W
05/08/26 - Home	6-9 L
04/14/26 - Away	7-9 L
03/23/26 - Home	20-5 W
04/03/25 - Away	2-7 L

Hearts Academy had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Praise Academy Lions a 4-0 shutout on Friday. This was a revenge game for the Panthers: when they faced off against the Lions on Friday, they had to take a 9-6 defeat.

Not much got past Tripp Strickland, who gave up just four hits to keep Praise Academy off the board. Strickland has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in 11 consecutive appearances.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kingston Wright, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.

Hearts Academy's win bumped their record up to 19-3. As for Praise Academy, with the loss, they broke their nine-game winning streak and moved their record to 17-3.

Hearts Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Lions: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.