Baseball Preview: Leto Falcons vs. Armwood Hawks
Leto has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Armwood Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Leto is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They put the hurt on Tampa Bay Tech with a sharp 8-2 win. The result was nothing new for Leto, who have now won eight contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Leto got a great performance from Demetrios Passalaris as he struck out 12 batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Passalaris has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Gerard Ortega was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and a double. Denzel Martinez was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Armwood waltzed into their match on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They skirted past the Longhorns 3-2.
Alonzo Godwin looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Armwood's victory was truly a team effort as eight different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Christian Lallave-Segui, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Hall, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Leto is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-13 record this season. As for Armwood, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-5.
Leto suffered a grim 11-3 defeat to Armwood in their previous meeting on Wednesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Armwood's Owen Leever, who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that Leto knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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