The Mainland Buccaneers will head out on the road to challenge the Atlantic Sharks at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Mainland is no doubt hoping to put an end to a nine-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
On Friday, Mainland fell victim to a tough 11-5 defeat at the hands of Taylor.
Bella Dejulio put in work while hitting and pitching. She struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and nine unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Dejulio has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Dejulio was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Dejulio wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Haley McKenzie, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 23 runs the game before, Atlantic was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. Their rough 13-0 loss to Deltona might stick with them for a while. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Atlantic in their matchups with Deltona: they've now lost eight in a row.
Mainland's loss dropped their record down to 2-13. As for Atlantic, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
Mainland suffered a grim 14-3 defeat to Atlantic when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Atlantic's Aurielle Reavis, who struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Mainland knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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