Baseball Game Preview: Hialeah Educational Academy Biggie vs. Florida Christian Patriots

The Hialeah Educational Academy Biggie will face off against the Florida Christian Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The last three games Hialeah Educational Academy has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.

Hialeah Educational Academy will bounce into Friday's match after beating Columbus, who they had gone 0-4 against in their four prior meetings. Hialeah Educational Academy narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Columbus 2-1.

JADEN LAO

Earned Runs

02/25/25 @ Killian	2
02/11/25 @ Mater Lakes Academy	2
03/12/25 @ Columbus	1

Hialeah Educational Academy got a great performance from JADEN LAO as he pitched six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. LAO is becoming a predictor of Hialeah Educational Academy's success: when he allows at most two earned runs the team is 3-1 (and 2-5 when he doesn't).

At the plate, the team relied heavily on JOSHUA CARDOSO, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4. That's the most hits he has posted since back in March of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of EISLER PEREZ, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases.

Meanwhile, Florida Christian lost 9-3 to Monsignor Pace on Tuesday. The loss continues a trend for the Patriots in their meetings with the Spartans: they've now lost three in a row.

Florida Christian saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Sanchez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.

Hialeah Educational Academy is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-6 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 9.25 hits in those games compared to only 4.43 in the others. Florida Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 7-5.

The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Hialeah Educational Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Florida Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.