Baseball Preview: Cypress Creek Coyotes vs. Sunlake Seahawks
The Cypress Creek Coyotes will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Sunlake Seahawks at 7:00 p.m. Cypress Creek is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Cypress Creek put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Hudson as Cypress Creek made off with a 10-0 win.
Cypress Creek got a big performance out of Roman Soltesz, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, a triple, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Seamus Gallagher, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but Sunlake had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against Mitchell on Friday. Sunlake has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Dominic Italiano put in work no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Italiano has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Italiano was even better at the plate, getting on base in three of his six plate appearances with a home run and two RBI.
In other pitching news, Nick Schwartz was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
Back at the plate, Jack Klar made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Carson Satin, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Even though they lost, Sunlake didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 17 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Cypress Creek pushed their record up to 12-5 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs per game. As for Sunlake, their record now sits at 6-11.
Sunlake's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Cypress Creek has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .436. It's a different story for Sunlake, though, as they've only averaged .352. Will they be able to contain Cypress Creek's hitters?
Cypress Creek skirted past Sunlake 6-4 in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. Does Cypress Creek have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sunlake turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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