Vanguard has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the South Sumter Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Thursday, Vanguard had just enough and edged Interlachen out 9-7.
Brendan McLaughlin looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Jake Wells was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, South Sumter had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Hornets 5-3.
Malakhi Boone was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ishmael Rodriguez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Vanguard's win bumped their record up to 13-8. As for South Sumter, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-9 record this season.
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