The Deltona Wolves will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Pine Ridge Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Deltona is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Seabreeze onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory.
Jaden Colon was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was William Martinez, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Pine Ridge was able to grind out a solid win over Matanzas on Tuesday, taking the game 5-1.
Pine Ridge also got a great performance from Loren Cheatham as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over 6.2 innings pitched.
At the plate, Pine Ridge's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Derrick Walker, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Deltona has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-15 record this season. As for Pine Ridge, they pushed their record up to 15-10 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Deltona came up short against Pine Ridge when the teams last played back in April, falling 7-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pine Ridge's Humbert Casillas, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. Now that Deltona 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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