Baseball Game Preview: Dunnellon Tigers vs. Forest Wildcats

A feisty cat fight will be fought as Dunnellon Tigers take on Forest Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.

Dunnellon took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They came out on top against Lecanto by a score of 12-9.

Jacob Fontanez

Doubles (Career)

03/24/25 vs Lecanto	2
03/18/25 @ Union County	1
04/17/24 @ Forest	1
03/08/24 @ Newberry	1
03/07/24 vs Lake Weir	1

The team relied heavily on Jacob Fontanez, who scored three runs while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in doubles (two). Another player making a difference was Gavin Whitehead, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

Meanwhile, Forest made easy work of Trenton on Tuesday and carried off a 14-4 win. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by six runs or more this season.

Michael Dominguez was a standout: he went a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI and two runs. Forest is 3-1 when Dominguez posts two or more runs, but 6-7 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Javier Molina, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Forest always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .636. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Dunnellon has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. Forest now has a winning record of 9-8.

Dunnellon couldn't quite finish off Forest in their previous matchup back in February and fell 9-7. Can Dunnellon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.