The Mater Academy East Las Vegas Knights will challenge the Sports Leadership & Management Bulls at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mater Academy East Las Vegas has five straight wins, Sports Leadership & Management has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mater Academy East Las Vegas' pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Desert Pines 10-0. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by six runs or more this season.
Syruss Marshall and Saul Mercado did most of the damage at the plate: Marshall scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Mercado went a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI and one double. Christian Cherry was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Mater Academy East Las Vegas was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .381. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Desert Pines only posted a batting average of .118.
Meanwhile, Sports Leadership & Management lost 16-1 to Southeast Career Tech on Friday.
Mater Academy East Las Vegas pushed their record up to 11-6 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 15.3 runs over those games. As for Sports Leadership & Management, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-13.
Mater Academy East Las Vegas took their victory against Sports Leadership & Management in their previous meeting back in March of 2024 by a conclusive 10-3 score. Do the Knights have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bulls turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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