The Palmetto Tigers will be playing at home against the Bradenton Christian Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Palmetto owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Monday. They came out on top against Lennard by a score of 4-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Palmetto.
Baden Wallace looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Andrew Spahn, who went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Bradenton Christian only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the six-point they dealt IMG Academy Navy on Tuesday. Everything went Bradenton Christian's way against IMG Academy Navy as Bradenton Christian made off with a 6-0 win. Six seems to be a good number for Bradenton Christian as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Not much got past Garrett Duquette, who gave up just two hits to keep IMG Academy Navy off the board.
At the plate, Bradenton Christian's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Landon Henderson, who scored a run while going 3-for-5. Brett Balais was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.
Palmetto pushed their record up to 5-6 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs per game. As for Bradenton Christian, their win bumped their record up to 7-5.
Palmetto came out on top in a nail-biter against Bradenton Christian in their previous matchup back in April of 2019, sneaking past 5-4. Does Palmetto have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bradenton Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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