Lakeland had lost eight straight on the road, but on Saturday they dropped their record down to 5-11 to make it nine. They came up short against the Mid Valley Spartans, falling 12-2. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Spartans this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 11-3 back in April.
Lakeland saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was David Naniewicz, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI. Gavin Zellers also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
As for Mid Valley, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 14-3. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games.
On Mid Valley's side, they got a massive performance out of Lorenzo Hernandez, who went 1-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. That's the most RBI Hernandez has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Joey Romanosky, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and one double.
Lakeland has already played their next matchup, an 8-2 defeat against Riverside on the 5th. As for Mid Valley, they will head out to take on Holy Cross at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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