Land O' Lakes and Nature Coast Tech are an even 4-4 against one another since March of 2016, but likely not for long. The Land O' Lakes Gators will head out on the road to take on the Nature Coast Tech Sharks at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Land O' Lakes is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Land O' Lakes is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Springstead just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 7-6.
Land O' Lakes got a good showing from Aiden Marsiglio, who pitched 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Ryan Chase made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Nathan Betancourt, who went 1-for-1 with a triple and two RBI.
Even though they lost, Land O' Lakes didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Springstead only tossed three.
Meanwhile, Nature Coast Tech stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They blew past Citrus 12-0. Winning may never get old, but Nature Coast Tech sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Land O' Lakes' defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-5. As for Nature Coast Tech, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season.
Land O' Lakes beat Nature Coast Tech 7-2 when the teams last played back in April of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Land O' Lakes since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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