Lake Wales waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They walked away with a 4-1 victory over the Lakeland Dreadnaughts. That's two games straight that Lake Wales has won by exactly three runs.
Lake Wales got a great performance from GAGE CHANDLEY as he struck out nine batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits.
On the hitting side, Lake Wales saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was DYLAN SIMMONS, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Lake Wales pushed their record up to 12-11 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Lakeland, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 15-7 record this season.
Lake Wales will stay at home for another game and welcome McKeel Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (McKeel Academy: 2.2, Lake Wales: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Lakeland, they are on the road again on Wednesday to play Kathleen at 7:00 p.m. Lakeland's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Kathleen's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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