McKeel Academy is 8-2 against Winter Haven since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The McKeel Academy Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Winter Haven Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for McKeel Academy and 11 for Winter Haven dating back to last season.
On Tuesday, McKeel Academy suffered a rough 8-1 defeat at the hands of George Jenkins.
McKeel Academy saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Isabelle Morrell, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Winter Haven came up short against Plant City last Saturday and fell 11-6.
CAMERON SHELBY led a balanced group of hitters, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of TRINITY HATCHER, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3.
McKeel Academy now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Winter Haven, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
McKeel Academy came up short against Winter Haven when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 7-2. Thankfully for McKeel Academy, Kaprice Leonard (who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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