The Carrollwood Day Patriots will be playing in front of their home fans against the Sunlake Seahawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Carrollwood Day's favor as the team sits on ten straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Sunlake has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
In what's become a running theme this season, Carrollwood Day gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Lakewood a 10-0 shutout. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Carrollwood Day considering their two-run performance the game before.
Carrollwood Day got a great performance from Evan Mazur as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Mazur has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Nick Riedel, who went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Julian Earle, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Sunlake made easy work of Springstead two weeks ago and carried off a 9-2 victory.
Wyatt Dion looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Nick Schwartz relieved him and did a solid job, pitching three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.
On the hitting side, Lucas Zarlenga and Dominic Italiano did most of the damage at the plate: Zarlenga went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs, while Italiano went 1-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Derek Wolf, who scored two runs while going 1-for-1.
Carrollwood Day's win bumped their record up to 13-2. As for Sunlake, their victory bumped their record up to 4-7.
Sunlake's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Carrollwood Day has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .462. It's a different story for Sunlake, though, as they've only averaged .363. Will they be able to contain Carrollwood Day's hitters? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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