The Atlantic Sharks will head out on the road to take on the Mount Dora Hurricanes on Monday. Atlantic is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
Last Friday, Atlantic beat Cocoa 6-2.
Meanwhile, Mount Dora got themselves on the board against Belleview on Tuesday, but Belleview never followed suit. They were the clear victor by a 10-0 margin over the Rattlers.
Mount Dora got a great performance from Cooper Chapman as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Chapman has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Jacob James was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with five RBI, two doubles, and a stolen base. Leyton Ward was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Atlantic has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for Mount Dora, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.
Atlantic suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Mount Dora in their previous matchup on April 8th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mount Dora's Jacob MacInness, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched. Now that Atlantic knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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