The South Sumter Raiders have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Citrus Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Citrus took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on South Sumter, who comes in off a win.
South Sumter will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by ten) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Leesburg and snuck past 4-2.
Jackson Gill spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on seven hits and racked up seven Ks.
On the hitting side, South Sumter's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Gill, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Citrus was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 14th straight loss. They fell just short of Nature Coast Tech by a score of 6-4.
South Sumter's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-9. As for Citrus, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-18.
South Sumter came out on top in a nail-biter against Citrus in their previous matchup on April 1st, sneaking past 8-7. Will South Sumter repeat their success, or does Citrus have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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