Baseball Preview: Lakeland Christian Vikings vs. Mount Dora Christian Academy Bulldogs
The Lakeland Christian Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mount Dora Christian Academy Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lakeland Christian: 3.5, Mount Dora Christian Academy: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Lakeland Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They never let Orangewood Christian onto the board and left with a 5-0 win.
Not much got past Carson Martin, who gave up just three hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Orangewood Christian off the board.
At the plate, Gavin Byrd was incredible, going 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Trey Bentley, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Mount Dora Christian Academy stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They blew past Foundation Academy 8-0. Eight seems to be a good number for Mount Dora Christian Academy as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The result came thanks to Ethan Priest's shutout, as he gave up just five hits and racked up eight Ks.
On the hitting side, Cael Reish was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Justin Earle, who went 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base.
Lakeland Christian is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 19 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season. As for Mount Dora Christian Academy, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-8.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Saturday. Lakeland Christian hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.8 home runs per game. However, it's not like Mount Dora Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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