The Boca Raton Bobcats will head out to take on the Jupiter Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Boca Raton has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Jupiter will come in with four straight wins.
Boca Raton fell victim to West Boca Raton and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 9-0 to the Bulls.
Boca Raton saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dillon Casey, who went 1-for-2 with one double. Christian Olsen also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Meanwhile, while Jupiter put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Jensen Beach. Everything went Jupiter's way against Jensen Beach as Jupiter made off with a 10-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Warriors, who have now won four games by eight runs or more so far this season.
Ethan Trivison tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only a hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.
On the hitting side, Colton Schwarz was excellent, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Edie Otero, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Jupiter was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Boca Raton's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Jupiter, their record now sits at 5-2.
Boca Raton came out on top in a nail-biter against Jupiter in their previous meeting back in April of 2015, sneaking past 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Boca Raton since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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