First Baptist Academy is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Cooper City is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. First Baptist Academy will welcome Cooper City at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
First Baptist Academy had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 22-run drubbing they dealt Naples Classical on Tuesday. First Baptist Academy never let Naples Classical get on the board and left with a 22-0 victory. Considering the Lions have won seven matchups by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Cooper City not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since February 20th. Everything went their way against Golden Gate as Cooper City made off with an 11-1 win.
Devin Heithaus looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Those eight strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
At the plate, Nick Tubito was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with one triple, two RBI, and one run. The team also got some help courtesy of Adrian Graterol, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Cooper City always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .531. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive contests.
First Baptist Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. Cooper City's win bumped their record up to 9-6.
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