Cypress Bay has gone a perfect 9-0 against Everglades recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Cypress Bay Lightning will host the Everglades Gators at 6:30 p.m. Cypress Bay will be strutting in after a victory while Everglades will be coming in after a defeat.
Cypress Bay took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They came out on top against South Plantation by a score of 6-2. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Carson Cook tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out six over 4.2 innings pitched. He has become a key player for Cypress Bay: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most one hit, but 2-3 otherwise.
Marshall Persteins
| 03/03/25 vs South Plantation | 3 |
| 02/19/25 @ Coral Springs | 2 |
| 04/23/24 vs Monarch | 2 |
| 02/21/25 @ Monarch | 1 |
| 03/25/24 vs Atlantic | 1 |
On the hitting side, Santiago Sanchez and Marshall Persteins did most of the damage at the plate: Sanchez scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances, while Persteins went 1-for-2 with three RBI and one double. The dominant performance gave Persteins a new career-high in RBI. Diego Baron was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one triple and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Everglades was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Coral Springs.
Everglades saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Ramirez, who scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-3.
Cypress Bay has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs over those games. Everglades' defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
Cypress Bay skirted past Everglades 6-4 when the teams last played back in March of 2023. Will Cypress Bay repeat their success, or does Everglades have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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