L.E.A.D. Academy is 0-3 against Central Christian since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The L.E.A.D. Academy Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Central Christian Saints at 4:00 p.m.
Sadly, L.E.A.D. Academy is still looking for their first win of the season after 11 contests. They suffered a rough 15-1 loss at the hands of Destin on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Central Christian had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Rams a 12-0 shutout. With that victory, Central Christian brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Ace Baxter and Ezra Schaff did most of the damage at the plate: Baxter scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Schaff scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. John Madison Riley was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
L.E.A.D. Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 0-11. As for Central Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season.
L.E.A.D. Academy might still be hurting after the 12-1 loss they got from Central Christian when the teams last played back in May of 2022. Can L.E.A.D. Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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