The Miami Springs Golden Hawks will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Miami Beach Hi-Tides at 3:30 p.m. Miami Springs is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season.
After soaring to 24 runs the game before, Miami Springs was a bit more limited in their game on Tuesday. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hialeah.
Miami Springs saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Natalie Maestre, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3. Maestre has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Khrystine Gil was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Meanwhile, Miami Beach had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They walked away with a 10-7 win over the Trojans.
Miami Beach got a massive performance out of Angelina Murillo, who went 3-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Violet Badran, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.
Miami Springs now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Miami Beach, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season.
Thursday's match will be a test for both team's pitchers. Miami Springs hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .381. However, it's not like Miami Beach struggles in that department as they've averaged .402. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Miami Springs couldn't quite finish off Miami Beach when the teams last played back in March and fell 7-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Miami Beach's Maricela Mesarina, who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits. Now that Miami Springs knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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