Baseball Recap: Plant City Continues Home Dominance on Tuesday

Plant City proved they can win big last Saturday (they won by ten) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Bloomingdale Bulls 3-1. This was payback for the Raiders, who suffered an 8-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.

Alex Rodriguez

Hits Against

02/27/25 @ Gaither	2
02/22/25 vs King	1

Alex Rodriguez was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Plant City is undefeated when Rodriguez allowsone or fewer hits, but 4-5 otherwise. Rodriguez was even better at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one home run and two RBI. That home run marked the first that he launched this season.

In other pitching news, Plant City got a great performance from Jacob Carbaugh as he pitched six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.

Rodriguez wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Salvadore Jaramillo, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. The dominant performance gave Jaramillo a new career-high in runs. Tyler Black also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

Plant City pushed their record up to 7-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of four runs across that stretch. As for Bloomingdale, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 8-2.

Coming up, Plant City is taking a road trip to take on Wharton at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Wharton's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Plant City's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Bloomingdale, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Robinson at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Bloomingdale 1.8, Robinson 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.