The IMG Academy Ascenders have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Landon Bears at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. IMG Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season.
IMG Academy stacked a fifth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 16-1 margin over Spanish Fort.
IMG Academy got a great performance from Peyton Miller as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, IMG Academy let Noah Franco and Josh Hansen loose on the outfield. Franco went 2-for-3 with five RBI, two runs, and a double, while Hansen scored four runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Dean Moss was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Landon is ranked highly in their home state, and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Jackson-Reed. Landon fell just short of Jackson-Reed by a score of 1-0. The match marked that first time this season in which Landon was not able to get on the board.
IMG Academy pushed their record up to 11-1 with that win, which was their 24th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.3 runs per game. As for Landon, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-2.
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