Baseball Preview: Harmony Longhorns vs. Rockledge Raiders
The Harmony Longhorns will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rockledge Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Harmony is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Monday, just like they did against Eau Gallie (and have done all season long). Harmony's pitchers stepped up to hand Eau Gallie a 7-0 shutout on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Harmony.
Evan Christ tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Iziah Santiago, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Samuel Castillo was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Rockledge came tearing into Friday's contest with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.9 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They skirted past the Hawks 5-4. That's two games straight that Rockledge has won by just one run.
Harmony has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Rockledge, they pushed their record up to 21-2 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
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