The Wesley Chapel Wildcats will challenge the Lecanto Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Wesley Chapel's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Zephyrhills 10-0. The Wildcats haven't had any issues with the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Zorre Wright was incredible, going 2-for-3 with four RBI, one triple, and one run. That's the most hits he has posted since back in February. The team also got some help courtesy of Nolan Hartley, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Wesley Chapel always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .516. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Zephyrhills only posted an OBP of .211.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Lecanto had no problem doing just that on Monday. Everything went their way against the Coyotes as they made off with a 9-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Not much got past Dylan Czerwinski, who gave up just a hit and racked up eight Ks to keep Cypress Creek off the board. Czerwinski has become a key player for Lecanto: the team is undefeated when he allows at most one hit, but 5-16 otherwise.
At the plate, Lecanto got a big performance out of Luke Pitzer, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Lucas LeClair was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Wesley Chapel now has a winning record of 11-10. As for Lecanto, their victory bumped their record up to 8-16.
Wesley Chapel came up short against Lecanto when the teams last played back in March of 2016, falling 5-1. Can the Wildcats avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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