Baseball Game Preview: Gulf Buccaneers vs. Zephyrhills Bulldogs

Gulf is 0-6 against Zephyrhills since February of 2015 but things could change on Tuesday. The Gulf Buccaneers will take on the Zephyrhills Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Gulf will be strutting in after a victory while Zephyrhills will be coming in after a defeat.

Gulf will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any runs on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Fivay on Thursday. Gulf was the clear victors by a 20-5 margin over Fivay. The Buccaneers haven't had any issues with the Falcons recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.

Jaidon Sopjack was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off three hits (and only one walk). Sopjack was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two).

Gabe Nenno

Stolen Base (Career)

02/13/25 vs Fivay	2
04/24/24 vs Gibbs	1
04/18/24 @ Pasco	1
02/27/24 vs Tarpon Springs	1

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Gabe Nenno, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Jared White was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.

Meanwhile, Zephyrhills was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss dating back to last season. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 10-0 to Mitchell, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.

Zephyrhills saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Logan Flannery, who went a perfect2-for-2 with one double.

Gulf now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Zephyrhills, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.

Zephyrhills' pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Gulf hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having hit 0 of their hits per game. It's a different story for Zephyrhills, though, as they've only hit 0 of their hits this season. Will they be able to contain Gulf's hitters?

Gulf might still be hurting after the 12-1 loss they got from Zephyrhills in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Gulf avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.