The North Miami Warriors will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Triton Trojans at 5:30 p.m. North Miami will be strutting in after a victory while Triton will be coming in after a defeat.
On Wednesday, North Miami narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Whitko 6-5. The victory made it back-to-back wins for North Miami.
The team relied heavily on Reid Johnson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jake Riley, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Triton came up short against Caston on Tuesday and fell 8-4. Triton has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Drew Bingamon put in work while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off three hits. Bingamon has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Bingamon was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Maddox Dennie made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Even though they lost, Triton didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Caston only tossed five.
North Miami's victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-3. As for Triton, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
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