Baseball Game Preview: Freedom Patriots vs. Lake Nona Lions

By Team Reports Apr 25, 2024, 6:28am

Baseball Preview: Freedom Patriots vs. Lake Nona Lions

Freedom is 2-8 against Lake Nona since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Freedom Patriots will be playing at home against the Lake Nona Lions at 7:00 p.m.

Last Friday, Freedom fell victim to a tough 12-3 defeat at the hands of Wekiva. Freedom has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Freedom saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Francisco Pilier, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.

Meanwhile, Lake Nona earned a 4-1 victory over Cornerstone Charter Academy on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lake Nona.

Charlie Palumbo tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Geremi Carrera, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.

Freedom's loss dropped their record down to 12-10. As for Lake Nona, they pushed their record up to 15-8 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.

Freedom couldn't quite finish off Lake Nona in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 and fell 3-1. Will Freedom have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.

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