The Bartow Yellow Jackets are taking a road trip to challenge the Lake Howell Silverhawks at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Bartow 3.5, Lake Howell 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Bartow is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top against Viera by a score of 11-7. The Yellow Jackets haven't had any issues with the Hawks recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, Lake Howell had already won 15 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 runs) and they went ahead and made it 16 on Friday. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Cougars.
Lake Howell pushed their record up to 22-4 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Bartow, their victory bumped their record up to 21-7.
Bartow came out on top in a nail-biter against Lake Howell in their previous meeting back in April of 2016, sneaking past 2-0. Will the Yellow Jackets repeat their success, or do the Silverhawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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