Avon Park is 2-8 against Lake Wales since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. Avon Park will look to defend their home field against Lake Wales at 7:00 p.m. Avon Park will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Avon Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Lake Placid on Thursday as Avon Park made off with a 13-3 win. The Red Devils haven't had any issues with the Dragons recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.
Cam Engler
| 03/27/25 vs Lake Placid | 4 |
| 03/25/25 @ Frostproof | 1 |
| 02/21/25 vs Frostproof | 1 |
| 03/13/24 vs Lake Placid | 1 |
| 02/20/24 vs LaBelle | 1 |
Cam Engler was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Eric Harrison, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Avon Park 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.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Lake Wales' offense. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Sebring on Thursday. The Highlanders have struggled against the Blue Streaks recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.
Zach Stricklin was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over 4.1 innings pitched.
Lake Wales now has a losing record of 9-10. As for Avon Park, their win bumped their record up to 13-5.
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