The Ocoee Knights have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Cypress Creek Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Ocoee will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Ocoee scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Monday. Everything went their way against Jones as Ocoee made off with a 17-2 victory. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Trenton Nice looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit (he also only allowed one walk). He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up a single earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Angel Martinez was a standout: he went 1-for-3 with three runs, three RBI, and a triple. Dwight Oneal was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Cypress Creek had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They never let the Vipers onto the board and left with a 7-0 victory.
The result came thanks to Julius Rivera's shutout, as he gave up just three hits.
At the plate, Jesus Barreto was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Elier Moreno-Pujols, who went 1-for-1 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Ocoee's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-8. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.6 runs per game. As for Cypress Creek, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-8 record this season.
Ocoee came out on top in a nail-biter against Cypress Creek in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, sneaking past 5-3. Will Ocoee repeat their success, or does Cypress Creek have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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