Baseball Preview: Fort Meade Miners vs. Victory Christian Academy Storm
The Fort Meade Miners will be playing in front of their home fans against the Victory Christian Academy Storm at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Victory Christian Academy took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Fort Meade, who comes in off a win.
In what's become a running theme this season, Fort Meade gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They never let Davenport onto the board and left with a 12-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Fort Meade.
Jeremiah Cabrera made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Cabrera has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Cabrera was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with three RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Owen Harrell, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Demarion Abrams, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Victory Christian Academy came up short against Mount Dora Christian Academy on Friday and fell 4-1.
Fort Meade is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Victory Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 7-14.
Fort Meade suffered a grim 13-3 defeat to Victory Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in February of 2021. Thankfully for Fort Meade, Tyler Vanderzee (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over 5.2 innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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