Baseball Preview: Fletcher Senators vs. Fleming Island Golden Eagles
The Fletcher Senators will be playing at home against the Fleming Island Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Fletcher was able to grind out a solid win over Father Lopez, taking the game 8-4.
Jacob Burton was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over 2.2 innings while giving up no earned run or hits. Burton was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jakeb McDougall, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Max Richter was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Fleming Island came into Wednesday's contest having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They never let Ridgeview onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Wednesday.
Fleming Island's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Josh Murray, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Fletcher is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Fleming Island, their victory bumped their record up to 11-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Fletcher has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Fleming Island struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Fletcher suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Fleming Island in their previous meeting back in April of 2021. Thankfully for Fletcher, Cody Carwile (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 14 over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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