The Mater Academy Charter Lions narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Basic Wolves 9-8.
Bryan Fernandez was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run and two RBI. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jonathan Esponda, who went 2-for-5 with three RBI.
Mater Academy Charter is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 10-7-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.4 runs over those games. Basic's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-4.
Mater Academy Charter wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next matchup, a 14-0 victory against The Meadows School on the 26th. As for Basic, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 10-8 win against Westminster Christian on the 27th.
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