Baseball Recap: East Lake Eagles vs. Bloomingdale Bulls
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact East Lake can now relate to. They fell 11-7 to the Bloomingdale Bulls on Friday. East Lake's loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Andrew Sheffield was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 2-for-5. Another player making a difference was Trey Babbitt, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
On Bloomingdale's side, Hayden Porter looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Porter has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Vincent Dinzeo Jr, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Cleveland, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
East Lake's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 25-4. As for Bloomingdale, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season.
East Lake does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Bloomingdale, they will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Sickles at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Sickles: 1.7, Bloomingdale: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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