Baseball Preview: Taravella Trojans vs. Spruce Creek Hawks
Taravella has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Spruce Creek Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Taravella: 2.5, Spruce Creek: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Taravella ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They came out on top against True North Classical Academy by a score of 9-6.
JC Martinez and EJ Burns did most of the damage at the plate: Martinez scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Burns scored three runs while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Tyler Morgan, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Spruce Creek unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Viera by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, Spruce Creek couldn't push the score so high this time.
CJ Asbill was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Spruce Creek saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Devon Crown, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. Crown has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up a single walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Taravella is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Spruce Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 14-5.
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