Mavericks
| 02/15/25 vs Yazoo County | 17 |
| 03/17/25 vs Yazoo City | 15 |
| 02/28/25 vs Indianola Academy | 13 |
| 02/25/25 @ Humphreys County | 13 |
| 03/12/25 vs Winston Academy | 12 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Manchester Academy). Everything went their way against the Yazoo City Indians on Monday as the Manchester Academy Mavericks made off with a 19-4 win. The Mavericks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by six runs or more this season.
James Aaron Stanford made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Manchester Academy got a massive performance out of Jake Louis Paul, who scored three runs and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-1. Those three runs gave Paul a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Grant Nixon, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Manchester Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .618. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Manchester Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.2 runs over those games. Yazoo City's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
The future could be bright for both Manchester Academy and Yazoo City: their next opponents haven't had the best luck recently. Manchester Academy will try to hand Benton Academy their sixth-straight loss when the two meet at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Similarly, Yazoo City will look to extend Cleveland Central's ten-game losing streak when they meet at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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