Baseball Preview: Lakeland Lakers vs. Garrett Railroaders
The Lakeland Lakers will head out on the road to take on the Garrett Railroaders at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Lakeland is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
In what's become a running theme this season, Lakeland gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Hamilton with a sharp 14-0 victory. While fans of Lakeland might be used to big wins, the 14-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Keyan Arroyo made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Arroyo was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
In other batting news, Cole Frost was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Bo Kerns, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Garrett unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of Heritage by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, Garrett couldn't push the score so high this time.
Garrett saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Parker Skelly, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Lakeland is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. As for Garrett, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-11.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Lakeland has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Garrett struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Lakeland came out on top in a nail-biter against Garrett in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 6-5. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Garrett's Lucas Collins, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Lakeland still be able to contain Collins? There's only one way to find out.
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