Recap: Land O' Lakes Gators vs. Weeki Wachee Hornets
Land O' Lakes's rock-solid pitchers showed up for the team's fourth consecutive shutout on Tuesday. They never let the Weeki Wachee Hornets onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Land O' Lakes considering their two-run performance the game before.
Land O' Lakes got a great performance from Logan Baisley as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 13 over 5.2 innings pitched. Baisley has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts every time he's pitched this season. Michael Halfpenny relieved him and did a solid job, pitching 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also only allowed one walk).
On the hitting side, Santi Busot was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Gavin Jusino was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with three RBI.
Land O' Lakes pushed their record up to 8-3 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs per game. As for Weeki Wachee, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5.
Land O' Lakes will be playing at home against Pasco at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams will come into the contest having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. As for Weeki Wachee, they will head out on the road to take on Chiefland at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Chiefland is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.1 runs per game this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
