For the second straight game, Braddock will face off against Doral Academy. The Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the Firebirds at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Braddock 3.2, Doral Academy 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Braddock heads in on the heels of a playoff matchup on Wednesday. They lost 10-0 to Doral Academy. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Bulldogs, who until this game were averaging 3.17 runs allowed.
For Doral Academy's part, they got a great performance from Marcelo Rodriguez as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Those eight strikeouts gave Rodriguez a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Kobe Carrion was a standout: he went 1-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Dylan Prince, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run and two runs.
The victory (which was Doral Academy's seventh in a row) raised their record to 25-5-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Braddock, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-8-1.
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