The Charlotte Fightin' Tarpons are taking a road trip to challenge the Bishop Verot Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Charlotte sitting on three straight wins and Bishop Verot on 13.
Charlotte is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Cypress Lake with a sharp 14-2 victory on Monday. Considering the Fightin' Tarpons have won six games by more than seven runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Charlotte got a great performance from Adrian Moreno as he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits (and only one walk).
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At the plate, the team relied heavily on Wilmer Machado, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Dominic Giglio, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Charlotte always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Bishop Verot is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Houston. Bishop Verot never let Houston get on the board and left with a 4-0 win. Four seems to be a good number for the Vikings as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Charlotte's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Bishop Verot, their record is now 13-0.
Charlotte couldn't quite get it done against Bishop Verot in their previous matchup back in March of 2024 as they fell 7-2. Can Charlotte avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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