Tampa Bay Tech is 1-6 against Freedom since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Tampa Bay Tech Titans will head out on the road to challenge the Freedom Patriots at 7:00 p.m. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
While Tampa Bay Tech couldn't quite beat King on Tuesday, the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the six-point loss they were dealt on Saturday. Tampa Bay Tech fell just short of King by a score of 12-10. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
Javion McKay was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Christopher Rojo Jr, who scored three runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Freedom was a bit more limited in their match on Monday. They suffered a tough 11-1 defeat at the hands of Armwood.
Freedom saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brayden Nanns, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
This is the second loss in a row for Tampa Bay Tech and nudges their season record down to 4-9. As for Freedom, their record now sits at 3-10.
Tampa Bay Tech came out on top in a nail-biter against Freedom when the teams last played on March 5th, sneaking past 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Freedom's Ryan Doxtater, who struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Tampa Bay Tech still be able to contain Doxtater? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
