Baseball Recap: East Lake Eagles vs. Palm Harbor University Hurricanes
In what's become a running theme this season, East Lake gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Palm Harbor University Hurricanes a 7-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for East Lake as they're now sitting on seven straight.
East Lake got a great performance from Jackson Krukonis as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. Krukonis has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Andrew Sheffield, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Harriel, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
East Lake pushed their record up to 20-2 with that victory, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Palm Harbor University, their loss dropped their record down to 14-5.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. East Lake will challenge Pinellas Park at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. East Lake is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season. As for Palm Harbor University, they will head out on the road to square off against Seminole at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Seminole: 1.9, Palm Harbor University: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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