Jesuit has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Wesley Chapel Wildcats at 10:00 a.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Jesuit: 3.1, Wesley Chapel: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Jesuit is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They walked away with a 6-3 win over Parrish Community.
DJ Pirela was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Wesley Chapel entered their tilt with River Ridge with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Royal Knights 5-3.
Aiden Nguyen looked comfortable as he struck out nine batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Wesley Chapel let Bryce Flemming and Nolan Hartley loose on the outfield. Flemming scored two runs and stole four bases, while Hartley went 3-for-3 with two stolen bases and an RBI. Another player making a difference was JoJo Guevara, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Jesuit pushed their record up to 24-6 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Wesley Chapel, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 20-10 record this season.
Jesuit suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Wesley Chapel when the teams last played back in April of 2022. Thankfully for Jesuit, Zack Showalter (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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