Baseball Preview: Cardinal Mooney Cougars vs. North Port Bobcats
Cardinal Mooney is 5-0 against North Port since March of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Cardinal Mooney Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the North Port Bobcats at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Cardinal Mooney is is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They fell just short of St. Petersburg Catholic by a score of 8-6. That's two games in a row now that Cardinal Mooney has lost by exactly two runs.
Joey Siefert made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Eddie Zaun, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, North Port was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They fell victim to a rough 16-1 defeat at the hands of Fort Myers.
North Port saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach Mitchell, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Cardinal Mooney's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-10-1. As for North Port, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-13 record this season.
Cardinal Mooney took their victory against North Port in their previous matchup on April 6th by a conclusive 16-8. Does Cardinal Mooney have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Port turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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