The Doral Academy Firebirds will square off against the South Plantation Paladins at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Doral Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Monarch a 10-0 shutout. The victory was familiar territory for the Firebirds, who have now won ten matchups in a row.
Meagan Villazon made a splash while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in 11 consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. That stolen base was her first of the season.
In other batting news, Doral Academy got a massive performance out of Sarah Breaux, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and one triple. That triple marked the first that Breaux has hit this season. Anabela Abdullah was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Doral Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .462. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .348 or higher in seven consecutive games.
Meanwhile, South Plantation had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 runs) and they went ahead and made it seven on Wednesday. They blew past the Bulls 14-4. That's two games straight that the Paladins have won by exactly ten runs.
Doral Academy's win was their 27th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 28-1. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for South Plantation, their win bumped their record up to 14-11.
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