Baseball Preview: Boca Raton Bobcats vs. King's Academy Lions
The Boca Raton Bobcats will head out on the road to take on the King's Academy Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Boca Raton's pitching crew has only allowed 2.1 runs per game this season, so King's Academy's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
While Boca Raton has not struggled against Park Vista recently, they managed to flip the script on Monday. Boca Raton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Park Vista.
Chase Crawford was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, King's Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Dwyer on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
King's Academy saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dalton Needle, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Boca Raton's win bumped their record up to 13-5. As for King's Academy, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-9 record this season.
Boca Raton might still be hurting after the 8-1 defeat they got from King's Academy in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of King's Academy's Tanner Barfield, who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that Boca Raton 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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