The Mitchell Mustangs will face off against the East Lake Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mitchell has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while East Lake will come in with six straight victories.
Wednesday just wasn't the day for Mitchell's offense. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 2-0 to Hernando, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, East Lake got themselves on the board against Hollins on Thursday, but Hollins never followed suit. They had just enough and edged out the Royals 2-0.
East Lake got a great performance from Hunter Wallerstein as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over 5.2 innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts Wallerstein has posted since back in February.
On the hitting side, East Lake saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Taft, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI.
East Lake's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-6. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Mitchell, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-10.
Mitchell couldn't quite get it done against East Lake in their previous meeting back in February as they fell 5-2. Can the Mustangs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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