On Saturday, The First Academy Royals made easy work of the South Dade Buccaneers and carried off a 9-3 victory. Considering the Royals have won three games by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Josh Garcia looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
Kinon Bastian
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On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kinon Bastian, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Austin Pierzynski, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
The win made it two in a row for The First Academy and bumps their season record up to 4-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs over those games. As for South Dade, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-4.
Coming up, The First Academy will be taking part in a tournament against Florence at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for South Dade, they will host TERRA Environmental at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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