St. Cloud is 1-9 against Osceola since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The St. Cloud Bulldogs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Osceola Kowboys at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
After a string of three wins, St. Cloud's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 9-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of Winter Park.
Josh Bejarano made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. Sean Gallagher was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Osceola came up short against Boone on Thursday and fell 5-1.
Osceola saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Josber Freitez, who went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
St. Cloud's loss dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Osceola, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. St. Cloud has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Osceola struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
St. Cloud came up short against Osceola in their previous meeting on March 5th, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Osceola's Nick Palmi, who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk). Now that St. Cloud knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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