Baseball Preview: Somerset Academy Panthers vs. Cooper City Cowboys
The Somerset Academy Panthers are on the road again on Monday to play the Cooper City Cowboys at 6:30 p.m. Somerset Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
Monsignor Pace typically has all the answers at home, but on Wednesday Somerset Academy proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 6-2 victory over the Spartans.
Kareem Amer spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits and racked up six Ks. Those six strikeouts set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, Somerset Academy let Brandon Mon and Jon Mora loose on the outfield. Mon went 2-for-3 with four RBI and two doubles, while Mora went 3-for-4 with three runs and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Eric Vazquez, who went 1-for-4 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Cooper City suffered a tough 15-2 loss at the hands of Stoneman Douglas on Monday. Cooper City has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Cooper City saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joanpher Altamirano, who scored two runs while going 1-for-1.
The win got Somerset Academy back to even at 10-10. As for Cooper City, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8.
Cooper City's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Somerset Academy hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .327. It's a different story for Cooper City, though, as they've only averaged .255. Will they be able to contain Somerset Academy's hitters?
Somerset Academy couldn't quite finish off Cooper City when the teams last played back in April of 2023 and fell 5-3. Thankfully for Somerset Academy, Bryan Borrego (who pitched five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five 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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