Baseball Recap: Lakeland Sets Scoring Season-High Against Pleasantville

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lakeland). They put the hurt on the Pleasantville Panthers with a sharp 12-2 victory on Friday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Hornets considering their one-run performance the match before.

Anthony Frobose made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Lakeland is 2-1 when Frobose posts eight or more strikeouts, but 3-6 otherwise. Frobose was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Those three hits gave him a new career-high.

Ramzi Done

Hits (Career)

04/25/25 @ Pleasantville	3
04/21/25 vs Walter Panas	2
04/17/25 @ Hendrick Hudson	1
04/15/25 vs Hendrick Hudson	1
04/08/25 vs Byram Hills	1

In other batting news, Ramzi Done was excellent, going 3-for-4 with four RBI. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Lou Vernagallo, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double.

Lakeland moved to 5-7 with that win, which also ended their four-game losing streak. As for Pleasantville, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-5.

Lakeland will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Panthers: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.