It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Mount Dora had no problem doing just that on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Lake Wales Highlanders, sneaking past 3-2.
Mount Dora's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Noah Macinness, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double.
Mount Dora is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.1 runs on average over those games. As for Lake Wales, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-16.
Mount Dora will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Highlanders: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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