Baseball Recap: Carrollwood Day Patriots vs. Lemon Bay Manta Rays
Carrollwood Day came tearing into Thursday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They skirted past the Lemon Bay Manta Rays 6-4. That's more bragging rights for Carrollwood Day, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Logan Mazur made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over four innings pitched. Mazur has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Mazur was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with three RBI.
Mazur wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Nick Bonollo, who went 1-for-4 with a triple and two RBI.
On Lemon Bay's side, they got a good showing from Wilson Shaw, who tossed three innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Jacob Connor made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Joel Vazquez, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Carrollwood Day is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. As for Lemon Bay, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-13.
Carrollwood Day will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Calvary Christian at 6:00 p.m. As for Lemon Bay, they will head out on the road to take on Mariner at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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