The Riverside Academy Rebels will face off against the Morgan City Tigers at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Riverside Academy's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Morgan City's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Riverside Academy proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 14) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out St. Amant 2-1. While the Rebels didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-20-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Riverside Academy's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brock Bourgeois, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, while Morgan City put up some runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for East St. John. Everything went Morgan City's way against East St. John as Morgan City made off with a 6-0 win. That six run margin sets a new team best for the Tigers this season.
The result came thanks to Christopher Tran's shutout, as he gave up just three hits and racked up nine Ks. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, Jaydon Ward and Thomas Mancuso did most of the damage at the plate: Ward went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases and one RBI, while Mancuso scored a run and stole Three bases. while going 1-for-3. Those three stolen bases gave Mancuso a new career-high. Keagan Hoyt was another key player, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Riverside Academy's victory bumped their record up to 12-4. As for Morgan City, their win ended a 12-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-14.
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