The Everglades Gators will venture away from home to square off against the North Broward Prep Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Everglades beat Fort Lauderdale 5-2. The victory continues a trend for the Gators in their matchups with the Flying L's: they've now won five in a row.
Everglades let Eliezer Romero and Alex Mota run wild. Romero scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Mota went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one stolen base. Salvador Duran also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen bases of the season.
Meanwhile, North Broward Prep entered their tilt with Neumann on Thursday with five consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with six. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Celtics an 11-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won six games by nine runs or more so far this season.
North Broward Prep also got a great performance from Logan Bristol as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts Bristol has posted since back in February.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kiernan O'Neill, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Max Burkholz, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
North Broward Prep always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
North Broward Prep's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-5. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Everglades, the win got them back to even at 7-7.
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