The Bartow Yellow Jackets will challenge the Ridge Community Bolts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bartow will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Bartow took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Lake Gibson a 10-0 shutout. The matchup marked the Yellow Jackets' most dominant victory of the season so far.
Meanwhile, Ridge Community won against Haines City on Monday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Bolts had just enough and edged out Davenport 4-2. The win continues a trend for the Bolts in their matchups with the Broncos: they've now won five in a row.
Ridge Community saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gean Colina, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI. Colina has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another was Ramziel Osorio, who got on base in two of his three plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.
Bartow's victory bumped their record up to 4-5. As for Ridge Community, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
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