The Pro Stock Royals Academy Royals will head out on the road to challenge the Union Academy Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Pro Stock Royals Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
While Pro Stock Royals Academy didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They walked away with a 5-1 win over Charlotte S last Tuesday. The Royals have beaten the Stampede the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Stampede has come to flipping the script.
David Rowles
| 03/03/25 @ Grace Academy | 4 |
| 03/11/25 vs Charlotte S | 9 |
| 03/21/25 vs Ocean City | 9 |
| 03/25/25 vs Charlotte S | 14 |
David Rowles spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered a run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up 14 Ks. Those 14 strikeouts set a new season-high mark for him.
At the plate, Pro Stock Royals Academy's victory was truly a team effort as eight different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Alex Ramos, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Luke Miller was another, going 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Pro Stock Royals Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .409. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .407 or higher in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Union Academy). They blew past Albemarle 23-1 on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Union Academy let Zamarion Shine and Beckett Gurian run wild. Shine scored three runs while going 2-for-2, while Gurian scored four runs while going 2-for-2. Gurian continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Colton Brucke also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
The victory (which was Union Academy's third in a row) raised their record to 5-7. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Pro Stock Royals Academy, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2.
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