Baseball Preview: Everglades Gators vs. Fort Lauderdale Flying L's
Everglades is 3-0 against Fort Lauderdale since February of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Everglades Gators will head out on the road to face off against the Fort Lauderdale Flying L's at 6:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Wednesday, Everglades fell victim to a rough 15-7 defeat at the hands of McArthur. Everglades has struggled against McArthur recently, as their match on Wednesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Justin Mercado made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Diego Gonzalez, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Fort Lauderdale was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. Their tough 9-3 defeat to Deerfield Beach might stick with them for a while.
Everglades' loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-9-1. As for Fort Lauderdale, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-14.
Everglades was able to grind out a solid win over Fort Lauderdale in their previous matchup back in April of 2022, winning 5-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Everglades since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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