Baseball Recap: Haines City Comes Up Short

Haines City fell victim to Discovery and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They came up short against the Discovery Spartans, falling 18-0. The loss continues a trend for the Hornets in their meetings with the Spartans: they've now lost three in a row.

Haines City's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Discovery, the win snapped their losing streak at six games and leaves them with a 3-6 record.

Haines City and Discovery could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings. Haines City (ranked 489th) will meet Four Corners (ranked 235th) at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Haines City has given up an average of 12.9 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week. Meanwhile, Discovery will take on Mulberry at 7:00 p.m. on Friday down 370 places (414 vs. 44).