It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but American Heritage had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They skirted past the Okeechobee Brahmans 4-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for American Heritage.
Talan Holiday tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, American Heritage's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Christopher Levy, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Ortiz, who scored two runs and stole a base.
American Heritage is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-10 record this season. As for Okeechobee, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-14.
American Heritage will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against South Fork at 7:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (South Fork: 4, American Heritage: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. Okeechobee does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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