Gateway won the last time they faced East Lee County and things went their way on Tuesday too. Everything went the Gateway Eagles' way against the East Lee County Jaguars as the Gateway Eagles made off with an 11-4 victory. Considering the Eagles have won five games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Antony Leiderman
| 03/04/25 vs East Lee County | 7 |
| 02/28/25 vs Babcock | 4 |
| 04/19/24 vs Aubrey Rogers | 2 |
| 04/02/24 @ Cape Coral | 2 |
| 04/23/24 vs Ida Baker | 1 |
Antony Leiderman looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.
On the hitting side, Jacob Hardman and Juan Carlos Lineras did most of the damage at the plate: Hardman went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI, while Lineras went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one double. Hardman is becoming a predictor of Gateway's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 2-3 when he doesn't). Tito Reyes was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
The win made it two in a row for Gateway and bumps their season record up to 5-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for East Lee County, they now have a losing record of 2-3.
Gateway didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 14-4 victory against Gateway Charter on the 5th. As for East Lee County, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Gateway at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. East Lee County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 12.2 runs per game this season.
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