The Lecanto Panthers will face off against the Springstead Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lecanto will be strutting in after a victory while Springstead will be coming in after a defeat.
Lecanto is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They blew past Leesburg 10-0. Lecanto might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won seven contests by six runs or more this season.
Melissa Plante and Izzy Coimbre did most of the damage at the plate: Plante scored a run while going 2-for-2, while Coimbre went 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and a double. Another player making a difference was Paris Pollard, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Meanwhile, Springstead started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Citrus. They lost 15-5 to the Hurricanes on Thursday.
Springstead saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Liberty Savarese, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Rachel Rivera, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Lecanto is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season. As for Springstead, their loss dropped their record down to 14-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Lecanto has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Springstead struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Lecanto came up short against Springstead in their previous matchup back in February, falling 6-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Springstead's Alivia Miller, who struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Lecanto knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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