Baseball Preview: McKeel Academy Wildcats vs. Lake Wales Highlanders
The McKeel Academy Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Lake Wales Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. McKeel Academy is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but McKeel Academy had to settle for a 5-3 defeat against Seffner Christian.
McKeel Academy got a good showing from Austin Peddycoart, who pitched three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
On the hitting side, KJ Scobey made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Lake Wales had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Dreadnaughts. That's two games straight that Lake Wales has won by exactly three runs.
Lake Wales also got a great performance from GAGE CHANDLEY as he struck out nine batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits.
At the plate, Lake Wales' victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was DYLAN SIMMONS, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
McKeel Academy's loss dropped their record down to 19-4. As for Lake Wales, they now have a winning record of 12-11.
McKeel Academy beat Lake Wales 4-0 in their previous meeting back in February. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was CHANDLEY, who struck out 11 batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit (and only one walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will McKeel Academy still be able to contain CHANDLEY? There's only one way to find out.
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