Spruce Creek is 10-0 against DeLand since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Spruce Creek Hawks will challenge the DeLand Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. Spruce Creek will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
If Spruce Creek beats DeLand with five runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Spruce Creek came out on top against Providence School by a score of 5-1 on Thursday.
Julie Kelley made a big impact no matter where she played. She struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk). Kelley has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 11 consecutive pitching appearances. Kelley was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Neena Hernandez was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last four games she's played. Alexis Minaberry was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but DeLand had no problem doing just that on Monday. They blew past the Wolf Pack 22-12. The result was nothing new for DeLand, who have now won 11 matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Payton Mathis was incredible, going 5-for-5 with a home run, four runs, and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Teagan Squires, who went 2-for-5 with three stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs.
Spruce Creek is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. As for DeLand, their victory bumped their record up to 12-10.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Spruce Creek hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.8 home runs per game. However, it's not like DeLand struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Spruce Creek was able to grind out a solid win over DeLand in their previous meeting two weeks ago, winning 5-0. Will Spruce Creek repeat their success, or does DeLand have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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