Baseball Preview: South Sumter Raiders vs. Lecanto Panthers
After three games on the road, South Sumter is heading back home. They will take on the Lecanto Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
South Sumter will head into Tuesday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by six) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Leesburg and snuck past 8-6.
Bryson Mitchell tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ethan Fort, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Kamren Gilliam, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Lecanto has not done well against Citrus recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Lecanto came out on top against Citrus by a score of 5-1 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
The team relied heavily on Garrett Pitzer, who went 3-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
South Sumter has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Lecanto, their victory bumped their record up to 9-14.
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