PHOTOS: Foundation baseball tops Lake Highland, 10-0

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After two innings without getting a batter on base, Foundation Academy baseball’s bats came alive in the bottom of the third inning and catapulted the Lions to a 10-0 March 24 home win over visitors Lake Highland Prep.

Junior outfielder Gavin Badua broke the deadlock and was the first Foundation player to reach base in the third and what followed was seven Lions crossing home plate in the inning and giving the home team a commanding lead that would remain for the rest of the game.

Leading the way for Foundation was freshman pitcher A.J. Zimmerman, who struck out six batters and allowed just two hits over four innings pitched. From the batter’s box, it was a team effort that guided the Lions to third double-digit scoring output of the season — with eight players getting one hit and five driving in at least one run.

This win — Foundation’s fourth in a row — pushes the Lions to 11-5 on the season. Next up, Foundation will head down the road to face off against West Orange High Thursday, March 27.

First pitch is set for 7 p.m.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.