Baseball Preview: Osceola Kowboys vs. Tohopekaliga Tigers
Osceola is 9-1 against Tohopekaliga since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Osceola Kowboys are on the road again to play the Tohopekaliga Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Thursday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Osceola had to settle for a 6-5 loss against Lake Minneola.
Nick Palmi put in work while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Palmi was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in four of his seven plate appearances.
Palmi wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Riley Carpenter, who scored a run while going 1-for-5.
Even though they lost, Osceola didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Tohopekaliga came up short against East River on Friday and fell 6-1. Tohopekaliga has not had much luck with East River recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Osceola now has a losing record at 10-11. As for Tohopekaliga, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-11.
Everything went Osceola's way against Tohopekaliga when the teams last played last Friday as Osceola made off with a 6-0 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Tohopekaliga's Ellian Urena, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over 7.1 innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Osceola still be able to contain Urena? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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