The Brito Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Piper Bengals at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Brito and six for Piper.
On Friday, Brito came up short against Coral Gables and fell 7-4.
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Brito got a good showing from Victor Encarnacion, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Encarnacion has become a key player for the Panthers: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 5-12 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Cristopher Guzman made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 3-for-4. He is becoming a predictor of Brito's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 5-12 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Luis Diaz, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Piper fell victim to Nova and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Titans.
Piper saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Montrial Thomas, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base.
Brito's defeat dropped their record down to 7-13. As for Piper, their loss dropped their record down to 10-8-1.
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