Baseball Preview: Fort Meade Miners vs. Ridge Community Bolts
The Fort Meade Miners will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Ridge Community Bolts at 4:00 p.m. Ridge Community took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Fort Meade, who comes in off a win.
While Fort Meade has not struggled against Bartow recently, they managed to flip the script on Tuesday. Fort Meade skirted past Bartow 4-3.
Jeremiah Cabrera was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Cabrera has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Cabrera was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Cabrera wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Eli Harrell, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Ridge Community's offense. Their rough 10-0 defeat to Mulberry on Monday might stick with them for a while. Considering the last time Ridge Community couldn't score was back in February, the team can't take the result too hard.
Ridge Community saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Deniel Serrano, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Fort Meade is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Ridge Community, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-5.
Fort Meade might still be hurting after the 10-2 loss they got from Ridge Community in their previous meeting back in March of 2021. Can Fort Meade avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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