Baseball Preview: Palma Chieftains vs. Carmel Padres
Palma and Carmel are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2021, but likely not for long. The Palma Chieftains will head out on the road to face off against the Carmel Padres at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Carmel is hoping to do on Tuesday what Live Oak couldn't on Saturday: put an end to Palma's winning streak, which now stands at seven games. Palma blew past Live Oak 13-2.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Carmel, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Monte Vista Christian on Friday as Carmel made off with an 11-4 victory.
Zander Lunt tossed a big game, pitching six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off six hits.
On the hitting side, Justin LeMaster was a standout: he scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more hits the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Sean Carr, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Palma is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Carmel, their win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-4.
Palma couldn't quite finish off Carmel when the teams last played back in March and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carmel's Matt Maxon, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Now that Palma knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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