Baseball Preview: Sumner Stingrays vs. Palm Harbor University Hurricanes
The Sumner Stingrays will head out on the road to challenge the Palm Harbor University Hurricanes at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, Sumner earned an 8-4 victory over Plant City. The win made it back-to-back victories for Sumner.
Sumner got a great performance from Avry Charland as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Charland has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single walk in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Sebastian Peralta was excellent, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Parson, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Palm Harbor University was able to grind out a solid win over Tarpon Springs on Tuesday, taking the game 5-1.
Sumner pushed their record up to 8-4 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.6 runs per game. As for Palm Harbor University, their win bumped their record up to 10-1.
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