After two games on the road, Mater Academy Charter is heading back home. They will take on the Columbus Explorers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The pair are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.
After soaring to a ten-point win in their last game, Mater Academy Charter came back down to earth on Wednesday. They fell just short of Parrish Community by a score of 5-3.
Jonathan Leyva was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Mater Academy Charter saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jonathan Esponda, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Columbus didn't have quite enough to beat West Boca Raton on Wednesday and fell 3-1. Columbus has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Mathew Rios was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits.
Mater Academy Charter's loss dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Columbus, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Mater Academy Charter has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Columbus struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Mater Academy Charter might still be hurting after the 10-1 loss they got from Columbus in their previous meeting back in April of 2022. Thankfully for Mater Academy Charter, Marchelo Biondi (who struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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