The IMG Academy Gold Ascenders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Imagine School at North Port Sharks at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (IMG Academy Gold: 3, Imagine School at North Port: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Friday, IMG Academy Gold came up short against Bonita Springs and fell 5-2. IMG Academy Gold has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
IMG Academy Gold got a good showing from Shoei Darvishsefat, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Charlie Lesch was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Imagine School at North Port entered their tilt with Cardinal Mooney with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They had just enough and edged the Cougars out 3-1. That's two games straight that Imagine School at North Port has won by exactly two runs.
RJ Cooper made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Cooper has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Cooper was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 4-for-4.
Cooper wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cooper Boggess, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
IMG Academy Gold's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-6. As for Imagine School at North Port, they pushed their record up to 10-8 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
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