The Fleming Island Golden Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Flagler Palm Coast Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Fleming Island's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Flagler Palm Coast's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Fleming Island is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Buchholz just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 15-3 walloping at the hands of the Bobcats. Fleming Island has struggled against Buchholz recently, as their contest on Thursday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Fleming Island saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Abram, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Caden Cheatham, who scored two runs while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Flagler Palm Coast waltzed into their game on Thursday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They walked away with a 9-6 victory over the Panthers.
The team relied heavily on Marion Clayton, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Brenin Striplin, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3.
Fleming Island's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-8. As for Flagler Palm Coast, their win bumped their record up to 12-10.
Fleming Island was able to grind out a solid victory over Flagler Palm Coast in their previous meeting back in March, winning 5-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Flagler Palm Coast's Kevin Maya, who tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Fleming Island still be able to contain Maya? There's only one way to find out.
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