The Boca Ciega Pirates will venture away from home to challenge the IMG Academy Silver Ascenders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Boca Ciega has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight losses, while IMG Academy Silver will come in with six straight wins.
Things were looking good for Boca Ciega after they put the first runs on the board on Monday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They came up short against Osceola, falling 10-4.
Elliot Doughty put in work while hitting and pitching. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Doughty was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4.
Doughty wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Yirvin Medina Suarez, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, IMG Academy Silver never let their opponents score on Friday. They came out on top against Evangelical Christian by a score of 3-0.
The team relied heavily on Antonio Chavez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
IMG Academy Silver pushed their record up to 14-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Boca Ciega, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-18.
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