Baseball Recap: Mater Academy East Las Vegas Now 6-2 over Last Eight Games

Knights

Margin (Wins)

04/01/25 @ Democracy Prep Agassi Campus	22
04/03/25 vs Democracy Prep Agassi Campus	16
03/07/25 @ Chaparral	16
04/08/25 vs Canyon Springs	15
04/11/25 vs Desert Pines	10

Mater Academy East Las Vegas had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-run drubbing they dealt Desert Pines on Friday. The Knights never let the Jaguars get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory. Considering the Knights have won eight games by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Mater Academy East Las Vegas let Syruss Marshall and Saul Mercado run wild. Marshall scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Mercado went a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI and one double. Christian Cherry was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.

Mater Academy East Las Vegas was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .381. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Desert Pines only posted a batting average of .118.

Mater Academy East Las Vegas is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for Desert Pines, they dropped their record down to 0-9-1 with the loss, which was their eighth straight on the road.

Coming up, Mater Academy East Las Vegas will look to defend their home field on Monday against Sports Leadership & Management at 3:30 p.m. The Bulls have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.1 runs per game on average), something the Knights will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Desert Pines, they will face off against Del Sol at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.