The Horizon Hawks will be taking part in a tournament against the Deltona Wolves at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Horizon is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Colonial with a sharp 14-2 victory on Wednesday. Winning may never get old, but the Hawks sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Brayden Crow looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero).
At the plate, Jose Massanet was a standout: he scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April of 2024. Another player making a difference was Sebastian Davila, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Horizon always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .647. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Deltona hadn't done well against New Smyrna Beach recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Everything went Deltona's way against New Smyrna Beach as Deltona made off with a 9-2 win. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Evan Grove tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit over 4.2 innings pitched. That hit was his first of the season.
On the hitting side, Yandiel Torres and Eric Cunningham did most of the damage at the plate: Torres got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one triple, one run, and one RBI, while Cunningham went 2-for-3 with four RBI. Kenny Dozier was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Deltona is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 4-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. Horizon's victory bumped their record up to 9-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Horizon has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Deltona struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.9 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
