The Oxbridge Academy ThunderWolves will head out to challenge the Clewiston Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Oxbridge Academy has six straight wins, Clewiston has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Oxbridge Academy beat Lake Placid 10-5.
Isabella LaForte was a standout: she scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Kaiya Glucksman, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI and one double.
Oxbridge Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lake Placid only posted a batting average of .241.
Meanwhile, Clewiston fell victim to LaBelle and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 15-0 to the Cowboys/Cowgirls. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by exactly 15 runs.
Oxbridge Academy's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-4. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Clewiston, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Clewiston's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Oxbridge Academy hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .332. It's a different story for Clewiston, though, as they've only averaged .252. Will they be able to contain Oxbridge Academy's hitters?
Everything went Oxbridge Academy's way against Clewiston in their previous matchup back in April of 2021, as Oxbridge Academy made off with a 12-0 victory. Do the ThunderWolves have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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