The Crescent City Raiders will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Father Lopez Green Wave at 6:00 p.m. Crescent City is out to stop a three-game streak of losses at home.
On Tuesday, Crescent City suffered a rough 12-4 defeat at the hands of Lake Weir.
Crescent City saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Marcus Pates, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Caden Hutchinson, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Father Lopez was able to grind out a solid win over Mainland on Friday, taking the game 10-5. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Father Lopez.
Father Lopez let Westen Brownlee and Tyler Callaway loose on the outfield. Brownlee scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Callaway scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Jayden Rivas, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Crescent City's loss dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Father Lopez, their victory ended an eight-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-12.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Thursday as neither team is afraid to steal. Crescent City has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.7 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Father Lopez struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Crescent City might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Father Lopez in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Father Lopez's Kenton Harrison, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Now that Crescent City knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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