The Steinbrenner Warriors will take on the Plant City Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Steinbrenner 3.4, Plant City 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
If Steinbrenner beats Plant City with 11 runs on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Steinbrenner was the clear victors by an 11-1 margin over Hillsborough on Tuesday. Considering the Warriors have won five matchups by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Noah Fowler looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (two).
Chase Petker
| 03/18/25 vs Hillsborough | 3 |
| 03/15/25 vs Robinson | 2 |
| 02/11/25 @ Tampa Bay Tech | 2 |
| 03/17/25 vs Cambridge Christian | 1 |
| 03/06/25 vs Sickles | 1 |
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Chase Petker, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run and three RBI. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Brock Beggs, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-3.
Steinbrenner was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .455. They are a perfect 6-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Plant City sidestepped Wharton for a 4-3 win.
Tyler Black was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Cothren, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
The victory (which was Steinbrenner's third in a row) raised their record to 9-7. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Plant City, their win bumped their record up to 9-7.
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