Baseball Preview: Lakewood Ranch Mustangs vs. Parrish Community Bulls
The Lakewood Ranch Mustangs will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Parrish Community Bulls at 6:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lakewood Ranch will head into Monday's game on the come-up: they were handed a two-point defeat in their last contest, but they sure didn't let that happen against IMG Academy Blue on Monday. Lakewood Ranch never let IMG Academy Blue onto the board and left with a 16-0 win. The high-scoring effort was just what Lakewood Ranch needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
Meanwhile, Parrish Community narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Charlotte 2-1.
Jacob Traeger tossed a big game, pitching six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Will Rawls was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Eloy Serrata, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with a stolen base.
The win got Lakewood Ranch back to even at 11-11-1. As for Parrish Community, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season.
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