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| 03/06/25 - Home | 3-7 L |
| 02/21/25 - Neutral | 9-4 W |
| 04/05/24 - Home | 5-1 W |
| 03/19/24 - Away | 5-1 W |
| 04/27/23 - Home | 10-1 W |
| + 5 more games |
Hardee has gone 8-2 against Lake Placid recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Wildcats will face off against the Dragons at 7:00 p.m. Hardee hasn't scored more than two runs for four games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
On Tuesday, Hardee didn't have quite enough to beat Avon Park and fell 2-1.
Leo Marrero was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with one home run.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Lake Placid, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They blew past Discovery 10-3 on Monday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Dragons considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Ricky Barajas made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Cane Allaire was excellent, going 2-for-4 with three RBI. Those two hits gave him a new career-high. August Stivender was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Hardee's defeat dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Lake Placid, they moved to 8-14 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak.
Hardee couldn't quite get it done against Lake Placid when the teams last played back in March as they fell 7-3. Can the Wildcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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