Baseball Preview: Sagemont vs. South Plantation Paladins
Sagemont will look to defend their home field on Friday against the South Plantation Paladins at 6:30 p.m. Sagemont is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Sagemont finally turned things around against Nova on Tuesday. Sagemont put the hurt on Nova with a sharp 15-3 victory.
Sagemont got a great performance from Miguel Moreda as he pitched five innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits.
At the plate, Sagemont let Joshua Agriesti and Dylan Rubenstein loose on the outfield. Agriesti went 3-for-4 with a home run and six RBI, while Rubenstein scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Rubenstein has been hot recently, having posted three or more hits the last three times he's played. Justin Kolano was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, South Plantation was a bit more limited in their game on Thursday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Broward.
Justin Martin was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
On the hitting side, South Plantation saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lucas Decordova, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
The win got Sagemont back to even at 9-9. As for South Plantation, their loss dropped their record down to 5-12.
Sagemont might still be hurting after the 8-2 defeat they got from South Plantation when the teams last played back in March of 2021. Can Sagemont avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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