Coral Springs made up a huge gap compared to their last game against McArthur, but still couldn't quite topple them. The Coral Springs Colts' pitchers stepped up to hand the McArthur Mustangs an 11-0 shutout on Wednesday. Considering the Colts have won three games by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Coral Springs got a great performance from Sebastian Garcia as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over 4.1 innings pitched. Garcia also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Coral Springs is 2-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 1-2 otherwise.
At the plate, Jaxon Krugman and Ryan Guthrie did most of the damage at the plate: Krugman scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3, while Guthrie went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs. Krugman is becoming a predictor of Coral Springs' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 0-3 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Natron Wheeler, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Colts
| 02/26/25 @ McArthur | 41.7% |
| 02/24/25 @ Chaminade-Madonna | 6.2% |
| 02/20/25 vs Wellington | 34.6% |
| 02/19/25 vs Cypress Bay | 19.2% |
| 02/13/25 @ South Broward | 35.7% |
| + 25 more games |
Coral Springs was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .417. The last time their batting average was this high was back in February of 2024.
The victory got Coral Springs back to even at 3-3. As for McArthur, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-6.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Coral Springs will host Everglades at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Coral Springs is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season. As for McArthur, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Nova at 6:30 p.m. McArthur has given up an average of 10.3 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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