Baseball Preview: Frostproof Bulldogs vs. Lake Region Thunder
The Frostproof Bulldogs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lake Region Thunder at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Frostproof is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Avon Park just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 12-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Red Devils.
Landon Fuller was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Brayden Joyner, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Lake Region might've scored the first runs on Friday, but it was Bartow who claimed the real prize. Lake Region's tough 12-2 defeat to Bartow might stick with them for a while. Lake Region has not had much luck with Bartow recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Frostproof's loss was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-13. As for Lake Region, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-9.
Frostproof suffered a grim 9-3 defeat to Lake Region in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lake Region's Jordan Gonzalez, who tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Now that Frostproof knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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