Baseball Preview: Osceola Warriors vs. IMG Academy White Ascenders
After three games on the road, Osceola is heading back home. They will take on the IMG Academy White Ascenders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Osceola is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
Last Saturday, it was a hard-fought match, but Osceola had to settle for a 6-5 defeat against Leon.
Osceola got a good showing from Jackson Berglund, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned run off one hit (he also only allowed one walk). Berglund has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Osceola saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Richard Stegbauer, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base. Stegbauer is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last nine games he's played.
Meanwhile, IMG Academy White waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They skirted past the Buffalo 7-6.
IMG Academy White got a big performance out of Bodhi Aldridge, who went 1-for-3 with four RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Michael Pino, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Osceola's loss dropped their record down to 12-6. As for IMG Academy White, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season.
Osceola came out on top in a nail-biter against IMG Academy White when the teams last played back in March of 2023, sneaking past 4-3. Does Osceola have another victory up their sleeve, or will IMG Academy White turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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