Tuesday just wasn't the day for Yulee's offense. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the St. Johns Country Day Spartans on Tuesday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Yulee in their matchups with St. Johns Country Day: they've now lost four in a row.
For St. Johns Country Day's part, they got a great performance from Austin Stratman as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over 5.2 innings pitched.
At the plate, Preston Cole was excellent, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Seth Alford, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Yulee's loss dropped their record down to 11-9. As for St. Johns Country Day, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-5.
Yulee didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, an 8-0 win vs. Paxon School For Advanced Studies on the 17th. As for St. Johns Country Day, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Providence School at 6:30 p.m. St. Johns Country Day's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Providence School's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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