Dunnellon and Newberry are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2018, but likely not for long. The Dunnellon Tigers will be playing at home against the Newberry Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Dunnellon: 4.1, Newberry: 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Dunnellon is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 14 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Forest on Wednesday. They fell 6-1 to the Wildcats.
Dunnellon saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Fontanez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Newberry, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Oak Hall on Wednesday and snuck past 3-2.
Newberry also got a great performance from Zack Marriott as he tossed 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Marriott has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
Dunnellon's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-7. As for Newberry, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Dunnellon has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Newberry struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Dunnellon might still be hurting after the 11-2 defeat they got from Newberry in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Newberry's Braxton Brady, who struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Now that Dunnellon knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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