Westwood is 0-10 against Port St. Lucie since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Westwood Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Port St. Lucie Jaguars at 4:00 p.m. Westwood is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season.
On Monday, Westwood fell victim to a rough 11-4 loss at the hands of Treasure Coast.
Jabari Monds was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Rayce Cole, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Port St. Lucie came up short against Jupiter Christian on Thursday and fell 8-3. Port St. Lucie has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Port St. Lucie saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alfonso Hernandez, who went 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.
Westwood's record is now 7-6-1. As for Port St. Lucie, their record now sits at 6-10.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Westwood has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Port St. Lucie struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Westwood suffered a grim 9-3 defeat to Port St. Lucie in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Port St. Lucie's Victor Velasquez, who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Westwood knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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