Jesuit is 1-9 against IMG Academy since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Jesuit Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the IMG Academy Ascenders at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Jesuit: 3.8, IMG Academy: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Friday, Jesuit faced Neumann in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Jesuit suffered a tough 14-2 loss at the hands of Neumann.
Jesuit saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaden Waechter, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was DJ Pirela, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, IMG Academy unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 4-1 to Northside Christian. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs IMG Academy has scored all season.
Blake Larson was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over 4.1 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Even though they lost, IMG Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Northside Christian only tossed four.
Jesuit's defeat dropped their record down to 13-6. As for IMG Academy, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-3.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Jesuit has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like IMG Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.5. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Jesuit suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to IMG Academy in their previous meeting on Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of IMG Academy's Noah Franco, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. Now that Jesuit knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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