The Somerset Academy Panthers will challenge the Ferguson Falcons at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Somerset Academy has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Ferguson will come in with three straight wins.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Panthers on Tuesday. Somerset Academy fell just short of Dwyer by a score of 2-1.
Somerset Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Fari?as, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Ferguson won against Keys Gate on Friday with seven runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. Ferguson walked away with a 7-4 victory over Calvary Christian Academy.
Alejandro Suarez looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Erick Leyva, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Zachary Alfonso, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and two RBI.
Ferguson was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .320 or higher in three consecutive contests.
Ferguson's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-7-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs over those games. As for Somerset Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 8-11.
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