Harmony is on a four-game streak of home wins, while St. Cloud is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Harmony Longhorns will take on the St. Cloud Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While Harmony has not struggled against Merritt Island recently, they managed to flip the script on Tuesday. Harmony came out on top in a nail-biter against Merritt Island and snuck past 4-3.
Ashton Magorrian looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Samuel Castillo, who went 2-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, St. Cloud gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Everything went their way against University as St. Cloud made off with an 11-1 win.
Logan King looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.
On the hitting side, Sean Gallagher was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Drew Kelley, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Harmony has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-8 record this season. As for St. Cloud, their victory bumped their record up to 9-5.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Friday. Harmony hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like St. Cloud struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Harmony's way against St. Cloud in their previous matchup back in February as Harmony made off with a 12-5 win. Does Harmony have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Cloud turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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