Baseball Recap: Heritage Academy Wins Going Away Against Tri-City Christian Academy

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Holy Family Academy, Heritage Academy was happy to have turned things around on Monday. They blew past the Tri-City Christian Academy Warriors 14-4. For the Heroes, this counts as revenge for the 3-2 win the Warriors walked away with the last time they faced one another back in March of 2016.

David Mota made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over five innings pitched. Mota was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He is becoming a predictor of Heritage Academy's success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is 2-1 (and 0-3 when he doesn't).

Carson Grover

Runs

03/27/25 @ New Way Learning Academy	4
04/07/25 vs Tri-City Christian Academy	2
03/20/25 @ Ajo	2
03/19/25 @ Holy Family Academy	1

In other batting news, Carson Grover was incredible, going 3-for-4 with one home run, seven RBI, and two runs. Heritage Academy is 2-1 when Grover posts two or more runs, but 0-3 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Brayden Young, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI.

Heritage Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .594. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Tri-City Christian Academy only posted an OBP of .261.

Heritage Academy's victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Tri-City Christian Academy, they now have a losing record of 3-4.

Heritage Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Warriors: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.