Baseball Preview: Freedom Patriots vs. Ocoee Knights
Freedom and Ocoee are an even 3-3 against one another since February of 2015, but likely not for long. The Freedom Patriots will head out on the road to challenge the Ocoee Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ocoee took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Freedom, who comes in off a win.
On Thursday, Freedom earned an 8-3 win over Gateway.
Robert Dexter tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 6.2 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Marcus Alf picked up the save, pitching 0.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, Rhys Rego was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Juan Gatica, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Ocoee was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of University by a score of 3-2.
Freedom has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Ocoee, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-8.
Everything went Freedom's way against Ocoee in their previous meeting back in March of 2022 as Freedom made off with a 10-4 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Freedom since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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