The Lakeland Christian Vikings will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against The First Academy Royals at 7:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Lakeland Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They had just enough and edged Mount Dora Christian Academy out 6-5. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lakeland Christian.
Fin Donay looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Conor Browne was incredible, going 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI. Dan Colon was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, The First Academy had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Hawks a 1-0 shutout. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs The First Academy has scored all season.
Lakeland Christian is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. As for The First Academy, they pushed their record up to 23-6 with that victory, which was their tenth straight at home.
Lakeland Christian came out on top in a nail-biter against The First Academy in their previous meeting back in March of 2019, sneaking past 2-1. Will Lakeland Christian repeat their success, or does The First Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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