It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Florence had no problem doing just that on Friday. They had just enough and edged out the East Central Hornets 5-4. The victory was nothing new for the Eagles as they're now sitting on three straight.
Rod Davis Jr.
| 05/02/25 vs East Central | 7 |
| 04/10/25 @ Sumrall | 6 |
| 03/25/25 @ South Jones | 10 |
Rod Davis Jr. made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over 6.1 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two doubles.
In other batting news, Bryan Davis and Hayden Boykin did most of the damage at the plate: Davis got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one stolen base and one run, while Boykin went 3-for-4 with one stolen base. Davis has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
Florence's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-6. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for East Central, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-14.
Florence will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Hornets: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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