Baseball Preview: Lake Minneola Hawks vs. South Lake Eagles
After five games on the road, Lake Minneola is heading back home. They will take on the South Lake Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lake Minneola: 3.2, South Lake: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Thursday, Lake Minneola was able to grind out a solid victory over Lecanto, taking the game 4-1.
Brady Montrowl looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Malachi Meyers, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, South Lake sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over Horizon on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for South Lake.
South Lake saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was David Pina, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Lake Minneola's victory bumped their record up to 8-4. As for South Lake, they now have a winning record of 7-6.
Everything went Lake Minneola's way against South Lake when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as Lake Minneola made off with a 10-0 win. Does Lake Minneola have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Lake turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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