Baseball Preview: Fort Myers Green Wave vs. North Fort Myers Red Knights
Fort Myers has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the North Fort Myers Red Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Fort Myers nor North Fort Myers posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
After a 16-6 finish the last time they played, Fort Myers and North Port decided to play a little more cautiously this time around. Fort Myers fell just short of North Port by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday.
Fort Myers got a good showing from Jack Dailey, who tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Dailey has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Nick Raber made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, North Fort Myers fell victim to Cypress Lake and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 1-0. North Fort Myers has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Haden Staruk was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over six innings pitched.
Fort Myers has not been sharp recently as the team has lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-8 record this season. As for North Fort Myers, their record is now 5-7.
Fort Myers came up short against North Fort Myers in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 5-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Fort Myers' Jakob Wagner, who struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that Fort Myers 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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