The Atlantic Coast Stingrays will be taking part in a tournament against the Ribault Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The timing is sure in Atlantic Coast's favor as the team sits on seven straight wins at home while Ribault has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Atlantic Coast's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They came out on top against Sandalwood by a score of 3-0.
Dalton Tibbetts made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out nine over seven innings pitched. What's more, he gave up only one walk, the fewest he's had since back in February. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run, two RBI, and one double. That home run was his first of the season.
Tibbetts wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Anthony Selejan, who went 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last match, Ribault made sure to put some runs up on the board against FAMU DRS on Saturday. Ribault blew past FAMU DRS 15-5. The result was nothing new for the Trojans, who have now won seven games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Ribault let TJ Brant and Kenny Bibbins run wild. Brant scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3, while Bibbins scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Brant is becoming a predictor of Ribault's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 4-1 (and 3-6 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of CorVontae Appleberry, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Atlantic Coast's victory bumped their record up to 11-8. As for Ribault, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 7-7 record.
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