Baseball Game Preview: Largo Packers vs. Pinellas Park Patriots

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Previous Games

03/21/24 - Away	4-5 L
05/01/23 - Neutral	2-6 L
02/28/23 - Home	2-1 W
05/02/22 - Neutral	10-9 W
03/11/22 - Home	8-4 W
+ 5 more games

Largo is 8-2 against Pinellas Park since May of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Largo Packers will be playing at home against the Pinellas Park Patriots at 7:00 p.m. Largo's pitching crew has only allowed 2.5 runs per game this season, so Pinellas Park's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

On Wednesday, Largo beat Tarpon Springs 5-1. The Packers have beaten the Spongers the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Spongers has come to flipping the script.

Meanwhile, Pinellas Park fell victim to Countryside and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cougars. The Patriots have struggled against the Cougars recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meetings.

Pinellas Park got a good showing from Nathan Timpe, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Timpe has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive appearances.

Largo pushed their record up to 11-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Pinellas Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8.