Baseball Preview: Glades Day Gators vs. Master's Academy Patriots
The Glades Day Gators will head out on the road to take on the Master's Academy Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Glades Day is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 10.5 runs per game this season.
In what's become a running theme this season, Glades Day gave their fans yet another huge victory on Monday. They put the hurt on Pahokee with a sharp 36-0 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Glades Day considering their one-run performance the game before.
Wildes Redish looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Blake Barnes was a standout: he fired off two home runs, three stolen bases, and five runs while going 3-for-4. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Marquis Clarke, who went 4-for-4 with a home run, six RBI, and four runs.
Meanwhile, Master's Academy came up short against Archbishop Carroll on Saturday and fell 6-3. Master's Academy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Master's Academy saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gian Brown, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Glades Day is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Master's Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 13-10.
Glades Day came up short against Master's Academy when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 13-9. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Master's Academy's CJ Eiswerth, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and three runs. Now that Glades Day knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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