The Parrish Community Bulls will square off against the Spoto Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Parrish Community's favor as the squad sits on 12 straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Spoto has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Parrish Community was handed a nine-run defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Thursday. They won by a run and slipped past Riverview Sarasota 7-6.
Parrish Community let Tyler Brown and Jonathan Maassen run wild. Brown went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one double, while Maassen went 1-for-3 with one home run and three RBI. That home run marked the first that Maassen launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Peters, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Parrish Community hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team has now struck out at least five batters in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Spoto came up short against Sumner on Thursday, falling 12-1.
Spoto saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Devin Dukes, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Parrish Community is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Spoto, they now have a losing record of 10-11.
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