Gainesville hasn't had much luck against Santa Fe recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. Gainesville is taking a road trip to challenge Santa Fe at 7:00 p.m.
Gainesville is headed into Wednesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They came up short against P.K. Yonge, falling 8-1.
Gainesville saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chris Eckhardt, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Santa Fe). They blew past West Port 22-10 on Tuesday. With that win, the Raiders brought their scoring average up to 6.8 runs per game.
Jacob Avonda looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Angel Irizarry, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with four runs, four RBI, and one stolen base. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Nate Robertson, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Santa Fe kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Port only managed six hits.
The victory got Santa Fe back to even at 8-8. As for Gainesville, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6.
Gainesville suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Santa Fe in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can Gainesville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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