Baseball Game Preview: ABF Academy Homestead Bandits vs. Gulliver Prep Raiders

By Team Reports Apr 9, 2024, 8:38am

Baseball Preview: ABF Academy Homestead Bandits vs. Gulliver Prep Raiders

The ABF Academy Homestead Bandits are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Gulliver Prep Raiders at 4:00 p.m.

After soaring to 12 runs the game before, ABF Academy Homestead was a bit more limited in their matchup on Wednesday. They fell just short of Sunset by a score of 4-2.

Jose Bermudez made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Carlos De La Vega, who went 3-for-4 with a double.

Meanwhile, Gulliver Prep had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They had just enough and edged the Stallions out 4-3. Four seems to be a good number for Gulliver Prep as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Landy Garcia led a balanced Raiders bullpen and pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks).

At the plate, Gulliver Prep's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Lombard, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

ABF Academy Homestead now has a losing record at 6-7. As for Gulliver Prep, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-10.

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