Sports Leadership & Management are taking a road trip to challenge the South Dade Buccaneers at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. South Dade took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Sports Leadership & Management, who comes in off a win.
Sports Leadership & Management's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They came out on top against Homestead by a score of 15-0 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). That 15 run margin sets a new team best for Sports Leadership & Management this season.
Edvin Alvarez was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Alvarez was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Jose Guzman and Juan Cruz did most of the damage at the plate: Guzman scored two runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Cruz scored two runs and stole Five bases. while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Angel Perez, who scored two runs while going 2-for-5.
Sports Leadership & Management always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .658. The last time their OBP was this high was since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, South Dade unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Mater Academy Charter by a score of 5-4.
South Dade also got a good showing from Emmanuel Mercedes, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, South Dade saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Damian Gorri, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one double. The dominant performance gave Gorri a new career-high in hits.
South Dade's loss dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Sports Leadership & Management, their record is now 3-8.
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