Baseball Recap: American Heritage Patriots vs. Okeechobee Brahmans
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but American Heritage had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They skirted past the Okeechobee Brahmans 4-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for American Heritage.
Talan Holiday tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, American Heritage's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Christopher Levy, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Ortiz, who scored two runs and stole a base.
American Heritage is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-10 record this season. As for Okeechobee, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-14.
American Heritage will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against South Fork at 7:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (South Fork: 4, American Heritage: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. Okeechobee does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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