Baseball Recap: Gulliver Prep's loss ends six-game winning streak at home

By Team Reports Apr 17, 2024, 12:30am

Baseball Recap: Gulliver Prep Raiders vs. South Dade Buccaneers

After a string of five wins, Gulliver Prep's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell 7-3 to the South Dade Buccaneers. Gulliver Prep was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as South Dade apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in April of 2018.

Gulliver Prep got a good showing from Julian Herrera, who pitched three innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit.

On the hitting side, Jason Marcos was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Lombard, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.

On South Dade's side, they got a great performance from Brandon Roman as he tossed 5.1 innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits.

At the plate, Gordon Williams was excellent, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Corey Rodriguez was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.

Gulliver Prep's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-11. As for South Dade, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10 record this season.

Gulliver Prep has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Archbishop Carroll at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Archbishop Carroll is coming into the match with three straight wins on the road, so Gulliver Prep will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for South Dade, they will square off against Key West at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

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