The Estero Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Port Charlotte Pirates at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Estero is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.
Estero proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 16) but on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over Fort Myers.
The team relied heavily on Jenel Favata, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Ava Weinbaum, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Port Charlotte was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. Their tough 16-1 defeat to Evangelical Christian might stick with them for a while. That's two games in a row now that Port Charlotte has lost by exactly 15 runs.
Port Charlotte saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brooklyn Anderson, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Estero is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Port Charlotte, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
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