The Hialeah Thoroughbreds will take on the Coral Shores Hurricanes at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hialeah has given up an average of 7.8 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
Hialeah fell victim to Coral Shores and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 15-0 to the Hurricanes. The Thoroughbreds have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
For Coral Shores' part, Donovan Thiery made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 12 over four innings pitched. The dominant performance gave Thiery a new career-high in strikeouts. He was also big at the plate, going a perfect 4-for-4 with five RBI, two doubles, and one triple. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more RBI the last three times he's played.
In other batting news, Coral Shores got a big performance out of Maykol Bonito, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. That stolen base was Bonito's first of the season. Another player making a difference was AJ Putetti, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Coral Shores was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .542. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .304 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Coral Shores pushed their record up to 6-1-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Hialeah, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
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