The South Lake Eagles will face off against the Haines City Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Neither South Lake nor Haines City posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Things were looking good for South Lake after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Eustis by a score of 2-1. The contest marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
J Brewer was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
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On the hitting side, South Lake saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was D Pina, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Pina has been hot recently, having also posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. L Hill also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Meanwhile, Haines City lost 12-2 to Celebration on Wednesday.
This is the second loss in a row for South Lake and nudges their season record down to 5-3. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only 1.5 runs. As for Haines City, their loss was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-4.
Haines City's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: South Lake has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .440. It's a different story for Haines City, though, as they've only averaged .341. Will they be able to contain South Lake's hitters? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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