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| 04/18/24 - Home | 1-2 L |
| 04/21/23 - Away | 5-1 W |
| 04/05/22 - Away | 2-6 L |
| 03/22/22 - Home | 1-5 L |
| 04/09/21 - Away | 7-0 W |
| + 5 more games |
Clearwater and Largo are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. Clearwater will head out on the road to square off against Largo at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Clearwater 4, Largo 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Clearwater had to skate by with only a two-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-run drubbing they dealt Hollins on Wednesday. Clearwater put the hurt on Hollins with a sharp 11-1 win. The Tornadoes might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by seven runs or more this season.
Gerardo Reyes tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than one earned run in seven consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Clearwater saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Eduardo Alfredo-Montero, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Another was Jackson King, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Clearwater was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .469. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, Largo has relied on a stalwart pitchers averaging 3.11 runs allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Wednesday. They fell just short of Hudson by a score of 11-10. That's two games in a row now that the Packers have lost by just one run.
Largo has traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 13-5 record this season. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 1.33 runs. The victory was the third in a row for Clearwater, bringing their record up to 10-4.
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