Southridge and South Dade are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2016, but likely not for long. The Southridge Spartans will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the South Dade Buccaneers at 3:30 p.m. Southridge has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four, while South Dade will come in with three straight victories.
Southridge pushed their score all the way to 11 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 23-11 to Southwest, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, South Dade put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They never let Coral Gables onto the board and left with a 15-0 win.
Alexander Lastra made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. Lastra was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, South Dade got a massive performance out of Ashley Guedes, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a double. Hillary Rodriguez was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Southridge's loss dropped their record down to 3-7. As for South Dade, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-8 record this season.
Southridge took their victory against South Dade when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 15-8. Does Southridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Dade turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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