The Sebring Blue Streaks will face off against the Hardee Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sebring has eight straight wins, Hardee has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Sebring sidestepped Clewiston for a 4-2 victory.
Dalton Todd spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on seven hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Sebring saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ricky Perez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Hardee came up short against Lake Placid on Thursday and fell 6-3.
Sebring's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-4. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Hardee, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-13.
Sebring was able to grind out a solid win over Hardee when the teams last played back in February, winning 4-1. Will the Blue Streaks repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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