Pasco is 1-6 against South Sumter since February of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Pasco Pirates will head out on the road to square off against the South Sumter Raiders at 7:00 p.m. Pasco is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Pasco stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Everything went their way against Anclote as Pasco made off with a 15-5 win.
Luis Quintana made a big impact no matter where he played. He tossed 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks). Quintana was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Mason Denmark, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run, four runs, and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Boomer Newton, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, South Sumter beat Hudson 6-1 on Friday.
Jackson Gill spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits.
At the plate, Malakhi Boone was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Ishmael Rodriguez, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Pasco has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for South Sumter, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-9.
Pasco came up short against South Sumter when the teams last played back in February, falling 7-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Boone, who fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-2. Now that Pasco knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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