Baseball Recap: Tampa Bay Tech Comes Up Short

The home team had won the previous four meetings between Tampa Bay Tech and Freedom, and Freedom kept the tradition alive. The Tampa Bay Tech Titans came up short against the Freedom Patriots on Monday, falling 16-5. The Titans were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Patriots earlier this season, when they won 8-7.

Tampa Bay Tech saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Michael Gibson, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance also gave Gibson a new career-high in RBI (three). Another was Joseph Hartman, who scored two runs while going 1-for-1.

Tampa Bay Tech's loss dropped their record down to 2-12. As for Freedom, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-7.

Coming up, Tampa Bay Tech will face off against Riverview at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Tampa Bay Tech has given up an average of 11.4 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week. As for Freedom, they will take on Blake at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Freedom will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.