The Winter Haven Blue Devils will venture away from home to face off against the Lake Wales Highlanders at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Winter Haven has three straight wins, Lake Wales has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Winter Haven barely beat Ridge Community the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Winter Haven was the clear victor by a 7-1 margin over Ridge Community on Friday. Seven seems to be a good number for the Blue Devils as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between Lake Wales and Avon Park, and Avon Park kept the tradition alive. Lake Wales fell just short of Avon Park by a score of 2-1 on Friday.
Lake Wales saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Franks, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI. Alex Byrd also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Winter Haven pushed their record up to 9-12 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Lake Wales, their loss dropped their record down to 9-11.
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