The Jupiter Christian Eagles will be playing at home against the South Fork Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Jupiter Christian fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Glades Day on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Gators by a score of 5-4.
Jupiter Christian got a good showing from Camble Ray, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Ben Dulin was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Crosby Sateren, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 12 runs the game before, South Fork was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They fell victim to a rough 11-1 defeat at the hands of Martin County.
South Fork also got a good showing from Roger Perez, who struck out eight batters over 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off three hits.
At the plate, South Fork saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alijah Quintero, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, South Fork didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Martin County only tossed five.
Jupiter Christian's loss dropped their record down to 4-7. As for South Fork, they have been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last ten matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-9 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Jupiter Christian has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like South Fork struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Jupiter Christian suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to South Fork in their previous meeting back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South Fork's Imarion Stanberry, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. Now that Jupiter Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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