The Vero Beach Indians have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the St. Albans Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Vero Beach is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Vero Beach proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 11) but on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Merritt Island 5-3.
Cody Morgan tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 6.1 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Finley Holmes picked up the save, scoring a run and stealing a base.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Chase Wilson, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1. Garret Srigley was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, St. Albans suffered a rough 11-1 defeat at the hands of George Jenkins on Tuesday. St. Albans has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
St. Albans saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sammy Findler, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Vero Beach pushed their record up to 7-3 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs per game. As for St. Albans, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
St. Albans' pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Vero Beach hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .338. It's a different story for St. Albans, though, as they've only averaged .214. Will they be able to contain Vero Beach's hitters? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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