The Pinellas Park Patriots will head out on the road to take on the Boca Ciega Pirates at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Pinellas Park fell victim to Palm Harbor University and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 11-0 to the Hurricanes. The Patriots have struggled against the Hurricanes recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost meeting.
Pinellas Park saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madison Wagner, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
Northeast hit Boca Ciega with a eight-run third inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Pirates came up short against the Vikings, falling 13-1.
Boca Ciega's defeat dropped their record down to 16-8. As for Pinellas Park, their loss dropped their record down to 10-9.
Pinellas Park came out on top in a nail-biter against Boca Ciega in their previous meeting two weeks ago, sneaking past 8-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Patriots since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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