The Sports Leadership & Management Spartans will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Cambridge Christian Lancers at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Sports Leadership & Management is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They won by a run and slipped past Foundation Christian Academy 6-5. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spartans.
Chris Pope
| 03/24/25 @ Tarpon Springs | 4 |
| 04/08/25 @ Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate | 3 |
| 03/11/25 @ Shorecrest Prep | 3 |
| 04/14/25 vs Foundation Christian Academy | 2 |
| 04/04/25 vs Prestonsburg | 2 |
| + 8 more games |
Chris Pope was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. He is becoming a predictor of Sports Leadership & Management's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 8-1 (and 0-13 when he doesn't). Elio Quero was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Cambridge Christian had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.7 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Crusaders, sneaking past 3-1.
Cambridge Christian also got a great performance from Zachary Uhl as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Uhl has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than one walk in nine consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Cambridge Christian's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Hazard, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and two RBI. That home run was Hazard's first of the season.
Cambridge Christian pushed their record up to 17-8 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.9 runs over those games. As for Sports Leadership & Management, their record is now 8-14.
Sports Leadership & Management might still be hurting after the 12-6 loss they got from Cambridge Christian in their previous matchup back in February. Can the Spartans avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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