The IMG Academy Black Ascenders will stay at home for another game and welcome the Inspiration Academy Lions at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. IMG Academy Black is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
IMG Academy Black stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Barron Collier with a sharp 13-2 win. The victory was just what IMG Academy Black needed coming off of an 11-5 defeat in their prior contest.
Shin Kaitsuka looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Jayden Stroman and Max Charles did most of the damage at the plate: Stroman went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple, while Charles scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Dylan Littlefield was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 13 runs the game before, Inspiration Academy was a bit more limited in their game on Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 11-1 walloping at the hands of IMG Academy Gold.
IMG Academy Black's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 14-4. As for Inspiration Academy, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 14-9 record this season.
IMG Academy Black couldn't quite finish off Inspiration Academy in their previous matchup on Friday and fell 5-3. Can IMG Academy Black avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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