The North Miami Warriors will take on the Southwood Knights at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
North Miami is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They walked away with a 7-2 win over West Central.
North Miami saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Reid Johnson, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Southwood narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Caston 5-3. The win made it back-to-back victories for Southwood.
Jaret Denney made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Denney was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Micah Smith, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and a double. Coan Holloway was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
North Miami has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-16 record this season. As for Southwood, their record now sits at 8-18.
North Miami suffered a grim 14-3 defeat to Southwood in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southwood's Jaron Craft, who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Now that North Miami 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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