The IMG Academy Royal Ascenders will face off against Sunshine State Elite Academy at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.
On Sunday, IMG Academy Royal didn't have quite enough to beat Owensboro and fell 4-2.
IMG Academy Royal got a good showing from Preston Hill, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave Hill a new career-high in strikeouts (three).
At the plate, Connor Scheich was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one home run and two runs. That home run marked the first that he launched this season.
Meanwhile, Sunshine State Elite Academy didn't have quite enough to beat IMG Academy White on March 7th and fell 3-1. Sunshine State Elite Academy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
IMG Academy Royal's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-5. As for Sunshine State Elite Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Everything went IMG Academy Royal's way against Sunshine State Elite Academy when the teams last played back in April of 2023, as IMG Academy Royal made off with a 9-2 win. Will IMG Academy Royal repeat their success, or does Sunshine State Elite Academy has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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