Baseball Preview: Lake Weir Hurricanes vs. North Marion Colts
Lake Weir is 1-9 against North Marion since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Lake Weir Hurricanes will head out on the road to challenge the North Marion Colts 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'.
Last Friday, Lake Weir came up short against Interlachen and fell 12-9.
Skyler Courtney was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Courtney has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Courtney was even better at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Aiden Kidd was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Davin Fowler, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but North Marion had to settle for a 7-5 defeat against Lincoln on Friday.
Rowan Quartararo was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with two RBI. Another player making a difference was Spencer Payne, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Lake Weir now has a losing record at 10-11. As for North Marion, they dropped their record down to 10-12 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Lake Weir might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from North Marion in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Payne, who struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Now that Lake Weir 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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