The Mount Dora Hurricanes will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Leesburg Yellow Jackets at 6:30 p.m. The timing is sure in Mount Dora's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Leesburg has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
On Tuesday, Mount Dora needed a bit of extra time to put away Umatilla. They beat the Bulldogs by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2.
Miguel Petit was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Leesburg didn't have quite enough to beat South Sumter on Tuesday and fell 4-2.
Dominick Venta put in work while hitting and pitching. He pitched 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Venta was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Venta wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Malachi Hepburn, who went 1-for-4 with a stolen base. Hepburn is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Mount Dora is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-9 record this season. As for Leesburg, their loss dropped their record down to 4-15.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Mount Dora has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Leesburg struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Mount Dora was able to grind out a solid win over Leesburg in their previous matchup back in March, winning 7-3. Does Mount Dora have another victory up their sleeve, or will Leesburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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