For the second straight game, Green Level will face off against Apex Friendship. The Gators will host the Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Green Level fell victim to Apex Friendship and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 8-0 to the Patriots. The Gators haven't had much luck with the Patriots recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
For Apex Friendship's part, they got a great performance from Luke Hemric as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts Hemric has posted since back in March.
At the plate, Drew Ciaccio was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one triple, one stolen base, and one run. Another player making a difference was Hayden Fones, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
Apex Friendship always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .553. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Green Level only posted an OBP of .333.
The win was the seventh in a row for Apex Friendship, bringing their record up to 17-6. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Green Level, their loss dropped their record down to 6-17.
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