The Santa Fe Catholic Hawks will head out on the road to face off against the Lake Wales Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Santa Fe Catholic is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, while Santa Fe Catholic put up some runs, the same can't be said for St. Francis. Santa Fe Catholic blew past St. Francis 6-0.
The team relied heavily on Marvin Montenegro, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of D J Flores, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Lake Wales suffered a rough 8-1 loss at the hands of Lakeland Christian on Tuesday. Lake Wales has not had much luck with Lakeland Christian recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Lake Wales saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was DYLAN SIMMONS, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Santa Fe Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Lake Wales, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9.
Lake Wales' pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Santa Fe Catholic hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .322. It's a different story for Lake Wales, though, as they've only averaged .222. Will they be able to contain Santa Fe Catholic's hitters?
Santa Fe Catholic couldn't quite finish off Lake Wales in their previous matchup back in March of 2023 and fell 5-3. Thankfully for Santa Fe Catholic, GAVIN DICKS (who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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