New Smyrna Beach is 0-9-1 against Deltona since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The New Smyrna Beach Barracudas will challenge the Deltona Wolves at 6:00 p.m. New Smyrna Beach is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
New Smyrna Beach took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Geneva 4-3.
Coral Hill spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on three hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, New Smyrna Beach saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kelsi Dodge, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Alyssa Layton, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Deltona had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-2 win over the Wildcats.
The victory got New Smyrna Beach back to even at 7-7. As for Deltona, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season.
New Smyrna Beach suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Deltona when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can New Smyrna Beach avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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