Baseball Recap: Minneola picks up ninth straight win at home

By Team Reports Apr 29, 2024, 6:20pm

Baseball Recap: Minneola Wildcats vs. Spearville Lancers

Minneola waltzed into their game on Monday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Spearville Lancers a 4-0 shutout. For Minneola, this counts as revenge for the 9-8 defeat Spearville walked away with the last time they faced one another back in May of 2023.

The team relied heavily on Britt Grigsby, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Caden Miller, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.

On Spearville's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aydin Ruiz, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base. Danny Alcala was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.

Minneola pushed their record up to 15-2 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Spearville, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-8.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Minneola beat Spearville by a score of 11-1 later that day.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps