Piper has won three straight games at home, while Cypress Bay has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Monday. The Bengals will welcome the Captain Lightning at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Piper proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by seven) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Schoolhouse Prep 6-5.
Meanwhile, Cypress Bay won against Coral Glades on Thursday with six runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. The Captain Lightning came out on top against Pompano Beach by a score of 6-3.
Gabriel Tovar looked comfortable as he struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
Cypress Bay was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .387. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive games.
Cypress Bay's win bumped their record up to 13-4. As for Piper, their victory bumped their record up to 7-8.
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