The Vero Beach Indians will be playing in front of their home fans against the Centennial Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Vero Beach will be looking to keep their ten-game home win streak alive.
Vero Beach stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 14-1 margin over Okeechobee. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Vero Beach considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Sebastian Dimitroff looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Chase Wilson, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3. Garret Srigley was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Centennial owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over Sebastian River. The win made it back-to-back victories for Centennial.
Sebastien Germano looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk).
On the hitting side, Centennial's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Darwinn Lara, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Nico Williams, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Vero Beach is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Centennial, their victory bumped their record up to 10-15.
Centennial's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Vero Beach hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .347. It's a different story for Centennial, though, as they've only averaged .236. Will they be able to contain Vero Beach's hitters?
Vero Beach couldn't quite finish off Centennial in their previous meeting back in February and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Germano, who struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Now that Vero Beach knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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