The Jesuit Tigers will square off against the Plant Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Jesuit 2.8, Plant 1.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Jesuit is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: IMG Academy, who was ranked first at the time (Jesuit was ranked 13th). The Tigers fell 7-2 to the Ascenders on Thursday.
Jesuit saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bryce Besece, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI. Kaden Waechter also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.
Meanwhile, Plant has relied on a stalwart pitchers averaging 1.9 runs allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Monday. They took a 10-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Gaither.
CASH STRAYER was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was URBAN ELLIS, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one double and one RBI.
Plant dropped their record down to 14-6 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Jesuit, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-7.
Jesuit couldn't quite finish off Plant when the teams last played back in March of 2024 and fell 3-1. Can the Tigers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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