It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lake Minneola can now relate to. They fell just short of the Viera Hawks by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday. Lake Minneola's loss signaled the end of their ten-game winning streak.
Lake Minneola saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colson May, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
On Viera's side, Dylan Jordan tossed a big game, striking out 11 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits (and only one walk). Jordan has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Michael Schmidt, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Lake Minneola's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-6. As for Viera, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-11 record this season.
Lake Minneola does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Viera, they will challenge East River at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. East River is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
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