The Doral Academy Firebirds are ranked No. 20 in the latest edition of the MaxPreps national rankings, and they’ll take on the Bartow Yellow Jackets Friday afternoon in the semifinals of Florida’s FHSAA Class 6A softball championship.
The winner of the Doral Academy-Bartow pairing will then advance to the state finals against the winner Pace Patriots and the Parrish Community Bulls.
First pitch for the game between Doral Academy and Bartow is set for 2:30 p.m. EST local.
HOW TO WATCH: Bartow vs. Doral Academy on the NFHS Network
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SEVENTH INNING
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Bartow comes up empty so they’ve got to make the six runs stand here in the bottom of the seventh to win this.
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SIXTH INNING — Bartow 10, Doral Academy 4
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Doral adds a couple of runs, but they are still in a big hole heading into the seventh.
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Bartow is unable to add to its lead, and Doral is coming back to the plate trying to rally.
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FIFTH INNING — Bartow 10, Doral Academy 2
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After Doral finally ended their suffering, they quickly came up empty at the plate. Now, they head to the sixth.
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10-2 and still just the one out. But there’s nobody for Bartow on base at the moment, so Doral is clinging to hope if they can get out of this inning.
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Still just one out, and Bartow is now up, 9-2.
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Already up by four, Bartow is threatening to really break this open. Bases loaded, one out.
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FOURTH INNING — Bartow 6, Doral Academy 2
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Bartow clamps down on Doral’s batters to maintain their four-run advantage. Onto the fifth inning they go.
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Doral’s pitching recovers from their long third inning, and they keep it at 6-2 headed back to the plate with an opportunity to chip into it farther.
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THIRD INNING — Bartow 6, Doral Academy 2
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After the rough start to the inning, Bartow buckled down and held the damage to just the two runs. They head to the fourth.
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Bartow getting a little sloppy on defense, and they’ve allowed two runs without getting a single out. They still lead 6-2, but Doral’s doing what it needs to do to climb out of this hole.
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Doral finally stops the bleeding, but they’ve got to get to work on offense.
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It’s been a long, tough third inning for Doral, and they now trail 6-0.
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A little shallow bloop single to right center field scores the runner fro second to make it 3-0, Bartow. Still just the one out.
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Bartow strikes first with a two-RBI double with just one out.
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SECOND INNING
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No runs in the second from either team, so still scoreless headed to the third.
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FIRST INNING
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Doral Academy is unable to get on the board, and the first frame ends with the game still scoreless.
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Bartow is unable to score in the top of the inning, and now it’s Doral’s turn.
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They are under way!
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Coming soon! Game time is set for 2:30 p.m. EST local!
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