The Avon Park Red Devils will take on the Fort Meade Miners at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Avon Park sitting on four straight wins and Fort Meade on five.
Avon Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Discovery onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory.
Discovery's batters probably weren't too happy with Brad Benton, who pitched a no hitter and racked up ten Ks (he gave up two walks). Benton has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Eric Harrison was incredible, going 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBI.
Meanwhile, Fort Meade narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Lake Placid 1-0.
Not much got past Carson Montsdeoca, who gave up just four hits and racked up 15 Ks to keep Lake Placid off the board.
Avon Park is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Fort Meade, their victory bumped their record up to 18-8.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Avon Park has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Fort Meade struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Avon Park couldn't quite finish off Fort Meade in their previous matchup back in April and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Montsdeoca, who struck out 11 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits (and not a single walk). Now that Avon Park knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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