Preview: Oak Hall Eagles vs. The Villages Charter Buffalo
The Oak Hall Eagles will be playing at home against The Villages Charter Buffalo at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Oak Hall is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
Oak Hall fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Gainesville two weeks ago but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Hurricanes by a score of 5-4. Oak Hall's defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Brody Beaupre and Gavin Jones did some serious damage despite the final result: Beaupre got on base in four of his five plate appearances with an RBI, while Jones got on base in four of his five plate appearances with a double.
Even though they lost, Oak Hall didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Gainesville only tossed seven.
Meanwhile, The Villages Charter made easy work of Umatilla on Tuesday and carried off an 8-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for The Villages Charter.
The team relied heavily on Daniel Bitting, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Torin Foley, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Oak Hall's loss dropped their record down to 4-2. As for The Villages Charter, they pushed their record up to 7-4 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Oak Hall couldn't quite finish off The Villages Charter when the teams last played back in March of 2023 and fell 6-4. Thankfully for Oak Hall, Carter Parks (who struck out 12 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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