Palm Bay has gone 8-2 against Westwood recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Palm Bay Pirates will venture away from home to take on the Westwood Panthers at 4:30 p.m. Palm Bay will be strutting in after a victory while Westwood will be coming in after a defeat.
While Pirates fans will have to keep waiting for their squad to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Monday's season opener. Everything went their way against Calvary Chapel Academy on Monday as Palm Bay made off with a 13-3 win.
Jacob Hines made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. What's more, he also racked up three strikeouts, the most he's had since back in March of 2024. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Jaymen Myer
| 02/10/25 @ Calvary Chapel Academy | 2 |
| 04/29/24 @ Titusville | 1 |
| 04/24/24 vs Heritage | 1 |
| 04/23/24 vs Titusville | 1 |
| 04/16/24 @ Calvary Chapel Academy | 1 |
In other batting news, Jaymen Myer was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (two). Another player making a difference was Nolan Werle, who scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Palm Bay always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Calvary Chapel Academy only posted an OBP of .286.
Meanwhile, Westwood didn't have quite enough to beat Leonard on Monday and fell 9-8.
Hector Perez Ortiz was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Palm Bay came up short against Westwood in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, falling 11-8. Can Palm Bay avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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