Baseball Game Preview: Avon Park Red Devils vs. McKeel Academy Wildcats

For the second straight game, Avon Park will face off against McKeel Academy. The Red Devils will head out on the road to challenge the Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Avon Park hasn't scored more than two runs for three games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.

Avon Park heads in on the heels of a playoff matchup on Monday. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of McKeel Academy.

For McKeel Academy's part, Kaden Howell was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out ten batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Howell has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with one home run and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Logan Gill, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with two runs and one RBI. Those four hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Wyatt Thomas, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

McKeel Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .464. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Avon Park only posted a batting average of .160.

McKeel Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games. As for Avon Park, their loss dropped their record down to 19-8.