The Cypress Bay Lightning will venture away from home to take on the Monarch Knights at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Cypress Bay will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Cypress Bay is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They walked away with a 12-7 victory over Coral Springs on Wednesday.
Carson Cook looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits any time he's pitched this season.
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At the plate, Michael Ramos was incredible, going 3-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two doubles. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of John Escobar, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Cypress Bay was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .387. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Monarch fell victim to Chaminade-Madonna and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They lost 7-0 to the Lions. The Knights have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Monarch saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Robert Brown, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base.
Cypress Bay's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Monarch, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Cypress Bay beat Monarch 11-8 in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cypress Bay since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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