It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Canterbury had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Seffner Christian Crusaders as they made off with a 16-2 victory. The result was nothing new for Canterbury, who have now won nine matches by seven runs or more so far this season.
JT Heuther looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Canterbury got a massive performance out of Noah Torres, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, six RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Anthony Meady, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and five RBI.
On Seffner Christian's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Duncan, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Duncan has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
Canterbury has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 17-11 record this season. As for Seffner Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 18-6.
Canterbury will head out on the road to take on Northside Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Northside Christian's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Canterbury's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Seffner Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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