Baseball Preview: Greenwood Rangers vs. Seminole Indians
The Greenwood Rangers will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Seminole Indians at 7:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought match, but Greenwood had to settle for a 6-4 loss against Andrews. Greenwood has struggled against Andrews recently, as their matchup on Tuesday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Sawyer Morrow was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with two runs and a triple.
Meanwhile, Seminole came tearing into Tuesday's contest with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.1 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 5-1 victory over the Panthers. That's two games straight that Seminole has won by exactly four runs.
Eloy Macias made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Macias was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Obed Reyes was excellent, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2. Brayden Gonzales was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Greenwood's defeat dropped their record down to 12-9-1. As for Seminole, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-8.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Friday as neither team is afraid to steal. Greenwood has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.3 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Seminole struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.5. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Greenwood came up short against Seminole in their previous meeting back in March, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Seminole's Rowin Donaldson, who struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Now that Greenwood knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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