Baseball Preview: Mater Academy Charter Lions vs. Coral Springs Colts
The Mater Academy Charter Lions will stay at home for another game and welcome the Coral Springs Colts at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mater Academy Charter's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Coral Springs' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Monday, Mater Academy Charter didn't have quite enough to beat Westminster Christian and fell 3-1. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Mater Academy Charter in their matchups with Westminster Christian: they've now lost four in a row.
Kevin Roque 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 while striking out seven over six innings pitched.
Even though they lost, Mater Academy Charter didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Westminster Christian only tossed five.
Meanwhile, Coral Springs got themselves on the board against Deerfield Beach on Friday, but Deerfield Beach never followed suit. They walked away with a 3-0 win over the Bucks. That's two games straight that Coral Springs has won by exactly three runs.
Deerfield Beach's batters probably weren't too happy with Andrew Allison, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 12 Ks (he gave up a single walk). Allison has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Coral Springs saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ruben Zuany, who went 1-for-4 with a home run.
Mater Academy Charter's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-7. As for Coral Springs, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-14.
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