The IMG Academy Gray Ascenders will challenge the Braden River Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
IMG Academy Gray's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They won by a run and slipped past Hollins 1-0. That's two games straight that the Ascenders have won by just one run.
Not much got past Mason Montjoy, who gave up just two hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Hollins off the board. Montjoy also tossed no walks, which is notable because IMG Academy Gray is undefeated when he allows at most one walk, but 4-6 otherwise.
Kenyatta Parker
| 03/19/25 @ Hollins | 3 |
| 03/13/25 vs Montverde Academy | 2 |
| 03/11/25 vs Eustis | 1 |
| 03/01/25 vs Sparkman | 1 |
At the plate, Kenyatta Parker was excellent, scoring a run and stealing Three bases. while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in stolen bases.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Braden River). Everything went their way against Out-of-Door Academy on Tuesday as Braden River made off with a 10-1 victory. The win was familiar territory for the Pirates, who have now won four contests in a row.
Braden River also got a great performance from Denzel Diaz as he didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave Diaz a new career-low in walks (one).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Nick Curbelo, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Tristan Tallo, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
IMG Academy Gray has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. Braden River now has a winning record of 7-6.
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