The East Lake Eagles have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Bloomingdale Bulls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
East Lake is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 8-2 margin over Charlotte. Considering East Lake has won 13 matchups by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Jackson Krukonis tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over six innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Jayden Harriel was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Millian, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Bloomingdale's hitters rose to the challenge against a Tigers pitching crew that boasted an average of only 3.93 runs allowed on Tuesday. Bloomingdale's pitcher stepped up to hand Palmetto a 13-0 shutout. With that victory, Bloomingdale brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Bloomingdale also got a great performance from Hayden Porter as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Vincent Dinzeo Jr was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Luke Rossi, who went 1-for-2 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
East Lake is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-3 record this season. As for Bloomingdale, their win bumped their record up to 17-10.
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