After both having extra time off, the Heritage Academy Heroes and the Scottsdale Preparatory Academy Spartans will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 2:45 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Last Wednesday, Heritage Academy came up short against St. John Paul II Catholic and fell 7-4.
Jared Wittman was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Morgan Williams, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Scottsdale Preparatory Academy fell victim to Horizon Honors and their airtight pitching crew last Wednesday. They came up short against the Eagles, falling 6-0. The Spartans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Scottsdale Preparatory Academy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cade Zawada, who went 1-for-3 with one double.
Heritage Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-2-1. As for Scottsdale Preparatory Academy, they now have a losing record of 1-2.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Heritage Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Scottsdale Preparatory Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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