The Ocoee Knights will head out on the road to face off against the East Ridge Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Ocoee is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
On Thursday, Ocoee got the win against Conrad Academy by a conclusive 15-1.
Logan Gurney looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Angel Martinez was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Xander Zwally, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, East Ridge came up short against Apopka on Wednesday and fell 9-6. East Ridge has not had much luck with Apopka recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
East Ridge saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bryan Estrella, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Ocoee's win bumped their record up to 12-13. As for East Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-15.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Ocoee has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like East Ridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Ocoee came up short against East Ridge in their previous meeting on Monday, falling 3-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East Ridge's Asa Benz, who didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Now that Ocoee 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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