The Coral Park Rams will head out to square off against the Doral Academy Firebirds at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Coral Park is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Monday, they were much more limited against South Miami on Tuesday. They fell 5-0 to the Cobras. The loss continues a trend for the Rams in their meetings with the Cobras: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, while Doral Academy put up plenty of runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for TERRA Environmental. Everything went Doral Academy's way against TERRA Environmental as Doral Academy made off with an 11-0 win. Considering the Firebirds have won six contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Aaron Elissalt looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Those zero hits allowed gave him a new career-low.
At the plate, Gabriel Milano was incredible, going 3-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in doubles (two). Caleb Hernandez was another key player, going 2-for-3 with four RBI, one triple, and one run.
Doral Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .583. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .375 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Doral Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-2-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. Coral Park's defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
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