Palmetto is on a five-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, and Lakewood Ranch a five-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Tuesday. The Palmetto Tigers will be playing at home against the Lakewood Ranch Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Palmetto fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Inspiration Academy on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Lions by a score of 5-3.
Keaton Love was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Blake Willis also deserves some recognition as he stole his first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, Lakewood Ranch came up short against Braden River on Wednesday and fell 5-2.
Lakewood Ranch saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Angelo Cirruzzo, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base.
Lakewood Ranch's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Palmetto, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Palmetto skirted past Lakewood Ranch 5-4 in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Does Palmetto have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lakewood Ranch turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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