Baseball Preview: Ferguson Falcons vs. South Dade Buccaneers
Ferguson is 1-8-1 against South Dade since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Ferguson Falcons will face off against the South Dade Buccaneers at 3:30 p.m. Ferguson will be strutting in after a victory while South Dade will be coming in after a loss.
Ferguson can't be too worried about heading out to take on South Dade: they just beat Southwest at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Ferguson came out on top against Southwest by a score of 8-3 on Friday.
Alejandro Suarez looked comfortable as he tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ryan Alfonso, who went 3-for-5 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. Justin Rodriguez was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
South Dade lost 11-1 to American Heritage on Thursday. South Dade has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Ferguson has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for South Dade, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-12.
Ferguson couldn't quite finish off South Dade in their previous matchup back in February and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South Dade's Brandon Roman, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over six innings pitched. Now that Ferguson 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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