The Cushing Academy Penguins will venture away from home to challenge the Marianapolis Prep Golden Knights at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Cushing Academy will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Cushing Academy's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Dexter Southfield as they made off with a 6-0 victory. The Penguins not only won on Wednesday, but they posted their biggest win since March 25th (when they won 13-0).
While Marianapolis Prep didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They had just enough and edged out Dexter Southfield 9-7.
Mason Sebastyanski was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed 5.1 innings while giving up four earned (and three unearned) runs off seven hits. Sebastyanski was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run and one RBI.
In other batting news, Francisco Diaz was excellent, getting on base in two of his three plate appearances with three stolen bases and two runs. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Mikey Kiesiner also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Cushing Academy's record is now 3-6-1. As for Marianapolis Prep, their record now sits at 5-2.
Cushing Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Marianapolis Prep in their previous meeting back in April of 2025, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Penguins repeat their success, or do the Golden Knights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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