The Poinciana Eagles will be playing at home against the Haines City Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Poinciana's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Haines City has been banged up by 16 consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
In what's become a running theme this season, Poinciana gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Lake Buena Vista a 15-0 shutout.
Savannah Alsen was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. Alsen has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Alsen was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Aidalee Vargas, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and a triple. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. Mayra Saez was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Haines City's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 20-0 walloping at the hands of Fort Meade on Monday.
Poinciana has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Haines City, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Everything went Poinciana's way against Haines City in their previous matchup last Monday as Poinciana made off with a 16-1 win. Does Poinciana have another victory up their sleeve, or will Haines City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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