Baseball Game Preview: Tocoi Creek Toros vs. Pace Patriots

The Tocoi Creek Toros will head out to challenge the Pace Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Tocoi Creek 3.7, Pace 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Tocoi Creek is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let East River get on the board and left with a 1-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Toros.

Brayden Harris

Base on Balls Against

04/24/25 vs East River	1
04/08/25 vs Ponte Vedra	0
04/01/25 @ West Nassau	2
03/28/25 vs Trinity Christian Academy	1

The result came thanks to Brayden Harris's shutout, as he gave up just two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Tocoi Creek saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Blake Warner, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one triple.

Meanwhile, Pace came tearing into Thursday's matchup with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victors by a 7-0 margin over the Lions. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won 15 games by six runs or more so far this season.

Pace pushed their record up to 22-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Tocoi Creek, their win bumped their record up to 19-8.