The Braden River Pirates will be playing at home against the Freedom Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Braden River has three straight wins, Freedom has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Braden River's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Manatee as Braden River made off with a 10-0 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Braden River considering their two-run performance the match before.
Nick Curbelo made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Curbelo was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other pitching news, Braden River got a great performance from Joe Perricozzi as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Perricozzi has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Kyle Vaughn, who went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and a triple. Luke Duffy was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Freedom didn't have quite enough to beat Spoto on Thursday and fell 4-2.
Freedom saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Liam Harris, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Braden River now has a winning record of 13-12. As for Freedom, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-20.
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