The Leonard Lancers will head out on the road to square off against the Forest Hill Falcons at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Thursday, Leonard fell victim to a tough 33-23 defeat at the hands of Royal Palm Beach. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (11), Leonard still had to take the loss.
Bryanna Ariza Mercedes led a balanced group of hitters, scoring four runs and stealing a base while going 5-for-5. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Angelixa Stephenson was another key contributor, going 4-for-5 with five RBI, three runs, and two doubles.
Even though they lost, Leonard kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 20 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 17 runs the game before, Forest Hill was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 14-1 walloping at the hands of Seminole Ridge.
Forest Hill saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alyssa Navarro, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and an RBI.
Leonard's loss dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Forest Hill, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Leonard might still be hurting after the 21-1 defeat they got from Forest Hill in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Forest Hill's Kiersten Farkas, who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and not a single walk). Now that Leonard knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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