The Mater Lakes Academy Bears will square off against the Hialeah Gardens Gladiators at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
On Monday, Mater Lakes Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Hialeah and fell 3-2. The Bears have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Hialeah Gardens entered their tilt with Westland Hialeah on Monday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Wildcats get on the board and left with a 19-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Gladiators, who have now won eight games by nine runs or more so far this season.
Hialeah Gardens let Krystal Martinez and Thalia Hare run wild. Martinez went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, five RBI, and three runs, while Hare went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, two stolen bases, and four RBI. Those three hits gave Hare a new career-high. Delania Aleman was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple.
Hialeah Gardens was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .833. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .545 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Hialeah Gardens pushed their record up to 9-7 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Mater Lakes Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.
Everything went Mater Lakes Academy's way against Hialeah Gardens in their previous matchup back in February of 2017, as Mater Lakes Academy made off with a 15-5 win. Do the Bears have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Gladiators turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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