The Trivium Prep Crimson Knights will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Heritage Academy Heroes at 3:45 p.m. Heritage Academy took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Trivium Prep, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, Trivium Prep got themselves on the board against Mohave Accelerated, but Mohave Accelerated never followed suit. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over the Patriots. Five seems to be a good number for Trivium Prep as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Isaiah Lopez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 16 over seven innings pitched. Lopez was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Lopez wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Luke Oh, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Heritage Academy fell victim to a rough 18-4 defeat at the hands of Kingman Academy last Tuesday. Heritage Academy has not had much luck with Kingman Academy recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Heritage Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jared Wittman, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. Paul (PJ) Soltero was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Trivium Prep's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-5. As for Heritage Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. Trivium Prep has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Heritage Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.9. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Trivium Prep might still be hurting after the 13-4 defeat they got from Heritage Academy in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Trivium Prep avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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