Baseball Game Preview: Lakeland Dreadnaughts vs. George Jenkins Eagles

Lakeland is 2-8 against George Jenkins since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. Lakeland will look to defend their home field against George Jenkins at 7:00 p.m. Lakeland will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.

Lakeland lost 11-4 to Lake Region on Thursday.

Lakeland got a good showing from MAX ESTROFF, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. ESTROFF has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up a single earned run in four consecutive appearances.

Caleb Diaz

Runs

03/27/25 vs Lake Region	2
03/13/25 @ Bartow	2
03/06/25 vs Lake Gibson	2
03/17/25 vs Fort Meade	1
03/11/25 vs Davenport	1
+ 1 more games

On the hitting side, Caleb Diaz made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. He has become a key player for Lakeland: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 7-9 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of CARTER MASLYN, who went 3-for-4 with one double and one RBI.

Meanwhile, George Jenkins narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Ridge Community 3-1. The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Bolts recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.

George Jenkins' victory bumped their record up to 14-7. As for Lakeland, they now have a losing record of 9-10.

Lakeland suffered a grim 11-3 defeat to George Jenkins in their previous matchup back in May of 2024. Will Lakeland have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.