Baseball Preview: Booker T. Washington Wildcats vs. Central Jaguars
The Booker T. Washington Wildcats will stay at home for another game and welcome the Central Jaguars at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Booker T. Washington will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Booker T. Washington is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Pensacola with a sharp 11-1 win on Tuesday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded Booker T. Washington with their most commanding win of the season.
Ricky Bucco was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Bucco was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on JR Riley, who scored three runs while going 1-for-4. Another player making a difference was Davis Sherman, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, after a string of eight wins, Central's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell 3-0 to Pensacola Catholic.
Booker T. Washington's victory bumped their record up to 6-16. As for Central, their loss ended a 16-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 20-2.
Booker T. Washington couldn't quite finish off Central when the teams last played back in March and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Central's Gavin Schmidt, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over 6.1 innings pitched. Now that Booker T. Washington knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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