Baseball Recap: IMG Academy Blue Turns Things Around After Road Loss

Ascenders

Lowest Scoring Games

03/18/25 vs Sports Leadership & Management	2-1
02/21/25 @ Zephyrhills	3-8
03/11/25 vs Avon Park	3-8

There's no place like home for IMG Academy Blue, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Sports Leadership & Management Spartans on Tuesday, sneaking past 2-1. The two-run effort marked the Ascenders' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Carson Flanagan tossed a big game, striking out six batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. He is becoming a predictor of IMG Academy Blue's success: when he allows at most two earned runs the team is 4-1 (and 2-4 when he doesn't).

On the hitting side, IMG Academy Blue's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Charles Chenail, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.

The win snapped IMG Academy Blue's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-5 record. As for Sports Leadership & Management, they have been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 2-10 record this season.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. IMG Academy Blue will venture away from home to square off against Foundation Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Foundation Academy's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so IMG Academy Blue's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Sports Leadership & Management, they will take on Seven Rivers Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Seven Rivers Christian has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.38 runs per game on average), something Sports Leadership & Management will no doubt try to take advantage of.