Mater Academy Charter entered their tilt with Archbishop McCarthy with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They walked away with an 8-3 victory over the Archbishop McCarthy Mavericks on Thursday. That's two games straight that Mater Academy Charter has won by exactly five runs.
Mater Academy Charter got a great performance from Jonathan Leyva as he tossed six innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits.
At the plate, Jonathan Esponda was incredible, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a run. Another player making a difference was Larry Rodriguez, who went 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
On Archbishop McCarthy's side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Garret Duffy, who went 1-for-1 with two RBI and a double.
Mater Academy Charter is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Archbishop McCarthy, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Mater Academy Charter will play host again on Monday to welcome Westminster Christian, where first pitch is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Westminster Christian: 3.2, Mater Academy Charter: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Archbishop McCarthy, they will head out on the road to square off against Miami Springs at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
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