Lake Howell posted their closest victory since March 27, 2025 on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Horizon Hawks 6-5.
Jaxson Turner was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Lake Howell is 3-1 when Turner allows one or fewer earned runs, but 5-7 otherwise. Turner was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Garrett Brown
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In other pitching news, Lake Howell got a great performance from Garrett Brown as he pitched five innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. The dominant performance also gave Brown a new career-high in strikeouts (four).
Back at the plate, Isaiah Nieves was excellent, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run. Those two hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Diego Miranda, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and one run.
Lake Howell was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .414. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
The victory got Lake Howell back to even at 8-8. As for Horizon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-6-1.
Lake Howell didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 9-3 defeat against Western on the 20th. As for Horizon, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 6-0 win against Pembroke Pines Charter on the 19th.
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