The Pace Academy Knights will challenge Drew at 5:55 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pace Academy has five straight wins, Drew has 22 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Wednesday, everything went Pace Academy's way against Drew as Pace Academy made off with a 21-1 victory. Considering the Knights have won six games by more than eight runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Noah Zinman looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Furthermore, he didn't allow a single walk, the first time he has blanked an opponent since back in April of 2024.
Alston Mallis
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| 03/10/25 vs Creekside | 1 |
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On the hitting side, Pace Academy got a massive performance out of Alston Mallis, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance gave Mallis a new career-high in hits. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyson Dawson, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Pace Academy kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 4.5 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 9.
Pace Academy's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-6. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Drew, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-10.
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