Lakeland is 2-8 against George Jenkins since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Lakeland Dreadnaughts will be staying on the road to face off against the George Jenkins Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lakeland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Wiregrass Ranch out 9-8.
Meanwhile, George Jenkins had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 7-2. That's two games straight that George Jenkins has won by exactly five runs.
Lakeland's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 17-10. As for George Jenkins, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season.
Lakeland came up short against George Jenkins in their previous meeting on Thursday, falling 5-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of George Jenkins' Austin Dadey, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over 6.2 innings pitched. Now that Lakeland knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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