Baseball Preview: Jupiter Warriors vs. Harmony Longhorns
The Jupiter Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Harmony Longhorns at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Jupiter sitting on six straight victories and Harmony on three.
Jupiter is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Santaluces 9-2. Jupiter might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won nine matchups by six runs or more this season.
Gabe Graulau was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Graulau has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Graulau was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other pitching news, CJ Sorge tossed a big game, pitching 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Brady Blanks, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Eddie Otero, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Harmony sidestepped Treasure Coast for a 4-3 win.
Jupiter has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season. As for Harmony, their victory bumped their record up to 17-11.
Jupiter skirted past Harmony 3-2 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Harmony's Caden Scarborough, who struck out ten batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits (and only one walk). Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be that much easier for Jupiter to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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