For the second straight game, Mount Dora will face off against Lake Wales. The Hurricanes will be playing at home against the Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mount Dora's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Lake Wales' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Mount Dora is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Lake Wales 3-2.
For Lake Wales' part, Max Seidl spent all 8.2 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits and racked up eight Ks. Seidl is becoming a predictor of the Highlanders' success: when he posts at least eight strikeouts the team is 2-1 (and 10-15 when he doesn't).
On the hitting side, Lake Wales saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Byrd, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Mount Dora is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.1 runs on average over those games. As for Lake Wales, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-16.
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