Baseball Preview: Palmetto Tigers vs. East Bay Indians
Palmetto has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the East Bay Indians at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Palmetto can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent contest on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Sarasota a 6-0 shutout.
Baden Wallace looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also only allowed one walk).
At the plate, Andrew Spahn was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Matthew Navarro was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, East Bay came into Tuesday's game having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Plant City 4-2.
East Bay also got a great performance from R Patterson as he pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits.
On the hitting side, East Bay saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was A Gingrich, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was S Dowe, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Palmetto has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. As for East Bay, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-7.
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