Baseball Preview: Tohopekaliga Tigers vs. Freedom Patriots
The Tohopekaliga Tigers will be playing at home against the Freedom Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Tohopekaliga put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Poinciana as Tohopekaliga made off with a 12-2 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what Tohopekaliga needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Hudson Moberly was excellent, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2. Sebastian Aquino was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Freedom scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They never let Northside Methodist Academy onto the board and left with a 16-0 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Freedom considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Tohopekaliga is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season. As for Freedom, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 9-6.
Tohopekaliga beat Freedom 7-3 in their previous matchup back in February of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Freedom's Jacob Echols, who struck out eight batters over 4.2 innings while giving up four earned runs off three hits (and only one walk). Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be that much easier for Tohopekaliga to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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