The Melbourne Bulldogs will face off against the Bartow Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Melbourne sitting on 12 straight wins and Bartow on nine.
Melbourne is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They skirted past Bloomingdale 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for the Bulldogs as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Addison Balavender
| 05/13/26 vs Bloomingdale | 7 |
| 05/07/26 vs Oviedo | 13 |
| 04/30/26 vs Viera | 11 |
| 04/28/26 vs Davenport | 12 |
| 04/20/26 vs Oviedo | 12 |
| + 5 more games |
Addison Balavender spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in ten consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Melbourne let Madison Rider and Layna Ayala run wild. Rider went 2-for-3 with one triple and one run, while Ayala got on base in all three of her plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Wednesday Bartow sidestepped Durant for a 2-1 win.
Bartow's victory bumped their record up to 26-3. As for Melbourne, their win bumped their record up to 27-1.
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