Baseball Game Preview: Spruce Creek Hawks vs. Oviedo Lions

The Spruce Creek Hawks will face off against the Oviedo Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Spruce Creek is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.

Spruce Creek's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 9-0 margin over Bartram Trail. Considering the Hawks have won four contests by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Spruce Creek got a great performance from Cooper West as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over 4.2 innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave West a new career-high.

Tyler Boyesen

Hits (Career)

02/25/25 @ Bartram Trail	3
02/20/25 vs Lake Brantley	2
03/28/24 vs South Dade	2
03/08/24 vs Windermere	2
02/27/24 @ Flagler Palm Coast	2

At the plate, Justin Cronin and Tyler Boyesen did most of the damage at the plate: Cronin scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Boyesen scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5. The dominant performance also gave Boyesen a new career-high in hits (three). Another player making a difference was Devon Crown, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-5.

Spruce Creek hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in three consecutive matchups.

Meanwhile, Oviedo beat Lyman 6-1 on Tuesday.

Henry Alarcon tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits over five innings pitched. He also tossed a walk, which is notable because Oviedo is 3-1 when he allows at most two walks, but 1-2 otherwise.

On the hitting side, Oviedo let Brody Challis and Orlando Martinez run wild. Challis went 1-for-2 with one home run, while Martinez scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. That home run marked the first that Challis' launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Bodie Tierney, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

Oviedo now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Spruce Creek, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.