The Bradenton Christian Panthers will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Palmetto Tigers at 6:30 p.m. Bradenton Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
Bradenton Christian owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. They blew past IMG Academy Navy 6-0. Six seems to be a good number for Bradenton Christian as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Garrett Duquette spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on two hits.
On the hitting side, Bradenton Christian's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Landon Henderson, who scored a run while going 3-for-5. Brett Balais was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Palmetto beat Lennard 4-0 on Monday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Palmetto.
Baden Wallace looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Andrew Spahn was incredible, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Bradenton Christian's record is now 7-5. As for Palmetto, they pushed their record up to 5-6 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
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