The Nova Titans will challenge the Flanagan Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Nova's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Flanagan's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Nova's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Thursday's struggle, when St. Thomas Aquinas hitters got past them. The Titans came up short against the Raiders on Thursday, falling 12-1.
Nova saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cody Kunca, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Flanagan made easy work of Boca Raton last Thursday and carried off a 9-3 victory. That's two games straight that the Falcons have won by exactly six runs.
Adrian Garcia looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. What's more, he posted two strikeouts, the most he's had over his last four matchups.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Joel Herrera, who went 1-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and one run. That triple marked the first that he hit this season. Christian Duran-Robinson was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
The win made it two in a row for Flanagan and bumps their season record up to 8-14. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for Nova, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 11-9.
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