Baseball Preview: South Sumter Raiders vs. Leesburg Yellow Jackets
South Sumter is 8-2 against Leesburg since February of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The South Sumter Raiders will stay at home for another game and welcome the Leesburg Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. South Sumter will be strutting in after a victory while Leesburg will be coming in after a loss.
South Sumter's hitters rose to the challenge against a Pirates pitching crew that boasted an average of only 3.71 points allowed on Friday. South Sumter put the hurt on Pasco with a sharp 11-1 win.
South Sumter got a great performance from Colter Shea as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Shea has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, South Sumter let Gabriel Sabilona and Malakhi Boone loose on the outfield. Sabilona scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Boone scored a run while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Ishmael Rodriguez, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Leesburg's offense. They fell just short of Belleview by a score of 1-0 on Monday. Leesburg just can't catch a break and has now endured three defeats in a row.
South Sumter is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-9 record this season. As for Leesburg, their loss dropped their record down to 4-14.
South Sumter beat Leesburg 6-1 in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Will South Sumter repeat their success, or does Leesburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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