The Suncoast Chargers will face off against the Okeechobee Brahmans at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Okeechobee will be up against a hot Suncoast team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Suncoast blew past Centennial 12-3 on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Chargers, who have now won four contests by nine runs or more so far this season.
Hayden Neihoff tossed a big game, tossing 5.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits.
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At the plate, Suncoast let Brady Benevides and Joshua Burnston run wild. Benevides fired off two home runs and three RBI while going 2-for-4, while Burnston went 3-for-4 with one home run and three runs. Those two home runs gave Benevides a new career-high. Brayden Moore was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Suncoast was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .394. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .394 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Okeechobee). Their pitchers stepped up to hand Westwood a 15-0 shutout on Tuesday. The victory continues a trend for the Brahmans in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now won seven in a row.
Suncoast's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Okeechobee, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Suncoast was able to grind out a solid win over Okeechobee in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, winning 5-1. Will Suncoast repeat their success, or does Okeechobee have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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