Baseball Preview: West Orange Warriors vs. Edgewater Eagles
West Orange has been on the road for six straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Edgewater Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. West Orange will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
West Orange stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Ocoee a 9-0 shutout. With that victory, West Orange brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.
Parker Hohnstock looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Alex Pichardo and Kas Ocasio did most of the damage at the plate: Pichardo went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and a triple, while Ocasio scored three runs and stole six bases while going 1-for-3. Lucas Dufresne was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Edgewater was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. Their rough 7-1 loss to Oviedo might stick with them for a while.
West Orange is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Edgewater, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
West Orange took their win against Edgewater in their previous matchup back in February by a conclusive 6-0. Will West Orange repeat their success, or does Edgewater have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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