DC International has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Maret Frogs at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. DC International is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10 runs per game this season.
DC International is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Washington Latin Public Charter School, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (DC International was ranked third). DC International skirted past Washington Latin Public Charter School 5-4.
Dylan Anderson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over 4.2 innings pitched. Anderson has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Anderson was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two runs.
Anderson wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Carlos Ferman, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, it's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Maret can now relate to. They fell just short of the Huskies by a score of 2-1 on Thursday.
DC International's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-2. As for Maret, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-9.
DC International suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Maret when the teams last played back in March. Can DC International avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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