The Naples Golden Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Aubrey Rogers Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Naples has eight straight victories, Aubrey Rogers has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Monday, Naples beat Monsignor Farrell 4-1. Four seems to be a good number for Naples as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
JP MARTIN looked comfortable as he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Naples saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was JOHNNY KING, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. TUCKER HANSEN was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Aubrey Rogers came up short against Lely on Wednesday and fell 6-2.
Aubrey Rogers also got a good showing from Tim Hutchinson, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also only allowed one walk).
On the hitting side, Tristan Degenova was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Naples pushed their record up to 11-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs per game. As for Aubrey Rogers, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Naples has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 11.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Aubrey Rogers struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.8 per game. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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