Lake Wales is 2-8 against Bartow since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Lake Wales Highlanders will look to defend their home field against the Bartow Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. Bartow took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Lake Wales, who comes in off a win.
Bartow is hoping to do on Friday what Avon Park couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Lake Wales' winning streak, which now stands at three games. Lake Wales never let Avon Park onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory.
Lake Wales got a great performance from GAGE CHANDLEY as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over 4.1 innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on LANDON RUBIO, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was DYLAN SIMMONS, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last three matchups, Bartow finally came back down to earth on Thursday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fort Meade. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Bartow in their matchups with Fort Meade: they've now lost three in a row.
Bartow saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Brooks, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Lake Wales has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-11 record this season. As for Bartow, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-11.
Lake Wales couldn't quite finish off Bartow when the teams last played last Wednesday and fell 4-2. Will Lake Wales have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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