The Ascend Leadership Aviators will head out on the road to take on the River Mill Jaguars at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
Ascend Leadership will head into Friday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They fell victim to a tough 10-1 defeat at the hands of Clover Garden School. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Ascend Leadership in their matchups with Clover Garden School: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, River Mill has not done well against Southern Wake Academy recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. River Mill walked away with a 10-7 victory over Southern Wake Academy.
Blake Lutterloh was a standout: he scored two runs and stole six bases while going 4-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was James Penrod, who went 3-for-3 with five stolen bases and three RBI.
Ascend Leadership's defeat dropped their record down to 2-12. As for River Mill, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 7-8 record this season.
Ascend Leadership might still be hurting after the 11-0 loss they got from River Mill in their previous meeting last Thursday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of River Mill's Gavin Loy, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Now that Ascend Leadership knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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