Baseball Preview: Spruce Creek Hawks vs. University Titans
After two games on the road, Spruce Creek is heading back home. They will take on the University Titans at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Spruce Creek's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so University's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Thursday, Spruce Creek was able to grind out a solid win over Taravella, taking the game 5-1.
Garrett Grant tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 11 over 5.2 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Spruce Creek got a big performance out of Devon Crown, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Lamar Edwards, who went 1-for-4 with a home run.
Meanwhile, University came up short against East River on Wednesday and fell 6-2. University has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
University saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alonso Delgado, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Spruce Creek has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for University, their loss dropped their record down to 7-9.
Spruce Creek took their victory against University in their previous matchup on Saturday by a conclusive 13-0. Will Spruce Creek repeat their success, or does University have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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