The Seminole Ridge Hawks will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Palm Beach Central Broncos at 6:00 p.m. Seminole Ridge's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Palm Beach Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Last Wednesday, Seminole Ridge earned a 6-3 victory over Somerset Academy - Canyons.
Seminole Ridge got a great performance from Justin Precanico as he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
At the plate, Kyle Latham was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Case Griffin, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Palm Beach Central fell victim to Dr. Joaquin Garcia and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 1-0. The contest marked the first time this year in which Palm Beach Central was not able to get on the board.
Charlie Houd was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
Seminole Ridge's win bumped their record up to 12-13. As for Palm Beach Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-11.
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