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Pace Academy was handed a heart-breaking two-run loss in their last matchup, but they sure didn't let that happen against M.L. King on Friday. Pace Academy put the hurt on M.L. King with a sharp 14-2 victory. Considering the Knights have won nine contests by more than eight runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Ryan Merlin tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. What's more, he gave up only zero earned runs, the fewest he's had since back in February.
On the hitting side, Pace Academy got a massive performance out of Miles Mador, who went 1-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Mador has become a key player for Pace Academy: the team is 5-1 when he posts at least three RBI, but 6-7 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Quinn Culpepper, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3.
Pace Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .567. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as M.L. King only posted an OBP of .375.
Pace Academy has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games. That's provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 16.1 runs over those games. M.L. King is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-8.
Pace Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against M.L. King: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:55 p.m. on Monday.
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