The Bay Tornadoes will head out to square off against the Fort Walton Beach Vikings at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Bay will be strutting in after a win while Fort Walton Beach will be coming in after a defeat.
While Bay's victory against Rickards wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. Bay sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-4 win over Rickards on Thursday.
The team relied heavily on Johnathan Corona, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Strickland, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Fort Walton Beach suffered their biggest loss since February 20th on Thursday. They came up short against Tate, falling 17-5.
Fort Walton Beach saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kadon Chapman, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI and one double. The dominant performance gave Chapman a new career-high in RBI.
Bay has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. Fort Walton Beach dropped their record down to 5-8 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Bay was able to grind out a solid victory over Fort Walton Beach in their previous meeting back in February, winning 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bay since the team 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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