Baseball Preview: Fort Walton Beach Vikings vs. Booker T. Washington Wildcats
The Fort Walton Beach Vikings are on the road again on Thursday to play the Booker T. Washington Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fort Walton Beach is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Choctawhatchee 16-4. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Hunter Tarchalski was a standout: he went 4-for-5 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Avery Warren, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with five RBI and two runs.
Meanwhile, Booker T. Washington narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Pine Forest 2-1.
Fort Walton Beach's victory bumped their record up to 8-10. As for Booker T. Washington, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-15.
Fort Walton Beach skirted past Booker T. Washington 8-7 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Booker T. Washington's Travis Bright, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Fort Walton Beach still be able to contain Bright? There's only one way to find out.
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