Softball Preview: Port St. Joe Tiger Sharks vs. Florida State University High School Seminoles
The Port St. Joe Tiger Sharks will play host again on Wednesday to welcome the Florida State University High School Seminoles, where first pitch is scheduled at 5:00 p.m. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
While Port St. Joe has not struggled against Franklin County recently, they managed to flip the script on Tuesday. Port St. Joe put the hurt on Franklin County with a sharp 7-1 win.
Port St. Joe got a big performance out of Addy Silcox, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Elli Newman, who went 1-for-3 with four RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Florida State University High School made easy work of Rickards on Monday and carried off a 9-2 victory.
Shyla Wiley made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over 5.2 innings pitched. Wiley has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Wiley was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Cannon Ramsey was incredible, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Dillyn Suggs was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Port St. Joe's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-9. As for Florida State University High School, their victory bumped their record up to 5-8.
Port St. Joe suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Florida State University High School when the teams last played back in March of 2021. Thankfully for Port St. Joe, Carly Allen (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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