The Cypress Creek Bears will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lake Buena Vista Vipers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
On Monday, it was a hard-fought game, but Cypress Creek had to settle for a 4-3 loss against Winter Springs. Cypress Creek has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Cypress Creek got a good showing from Miguel Figueroa, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Figueroa has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Bryan Puello made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lake Buena Vista started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Colonial. They suffered a tough 16-1 defeat at the hands of the Grenadiers on Friday.
Lake Buena Vista saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Adam Amis, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Cypress Creek's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-10. As for Lake Buena Vista, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-8.
Cypress Creek took their victory against Lake Buena Vista in their previous meeting on April 8th by a conclusive 7-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Lake Buena Vista's Logan Ekthuvapranee, who struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits (and not a single walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Cypress Creek still be able to contain Ekthuvapranee? There's only one way to find out.
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