Baseball Recap: Somerset Academy South Homestead Hurricanes vs. Sports Leadership & Management
After flying high against Redland Christian Academy last Wednesday, Somerset Academy South Homestead came back down to earth. The Somerset Academy South Homestead Hurricanes wound up on the wrong side of a rough 12-6 walloping at the hands of Sports Leadership & Management on Friday. Somerset Academy South Homestead was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Sports Leadership & Management apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in March.
Somerset Academy South Homestead saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Donovan Moore, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-3.
On Sports Leadership & Management's side, Angel Yanez looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, Jorge Garcia and Julio Piti did most of the damage at the plate: Garcia went 2-for-2 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple, while Piti scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Kevon Caffy, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Somerset Academy South Homestead dropped their record down to 5-12 with that loss, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Sports Leadership & Management, their win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-11.
Somerset Academy South Homestead will take on Varsity Opponent at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Sports Leadership & Management, they will head out on the road to square off against Homestead at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Sports Leadership & Management has given up an average of 8.4 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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