The IMG Academy Silver Ascenders will challenge the Boca Ciega Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (IMG Academy Silver has six straight wins, Boca Ciega has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
IMG Academy Silver's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Evangelical Christian.
Antonio Chavez was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Boca Ciega scored first but ultimately less than Osceola in their contest on Monday. They came up short against the Warriors, falling 10-4.
Elliot Doughty was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Doughty was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4.
Doughty wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Yirvin Medina Suarez, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
IMG Academy Silver pushed their record up to 14-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Boca Ciega, their loss dropped their record down to 1-18.
Boca Ciega's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: IMG Academy Silver hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .325. It's a different story for Boca Ciega, though, as they've only averaged .185. Will they be able to contain IMG Academy Silver's hitters? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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