The South Lake Eagles will head out to challenge the Apopka Blue Darters at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, South Lake turned things around against Colonial on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Grenadiers a 10-0 shutout.
D Pina
| 03/28/25 vs Colonial | 4 |
| 03/10/25 @ University | 2 |
| 03/04/25 vs Lake Minneola | 2 |
| 02/25/25 vs Davenport | 2 |
| 03/27/25 @ Lake Minneola | 1 |
The team relied heavily on D Pina, who went 1-for-2 with one home run and four RBI. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of C Allen, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one double.
Meanwhile, Apopka had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They blew past the Mustangs 16-1. The Blue Darters' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Jarred Goodson and Maddox Stinson dominated on the mound. Goodson tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits, while Stinson pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Stinson has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Ty Livingston was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Nicolas Posluszny, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Apopka 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.
The win got South Lake back to even at 10-10. As for Apopka, their record is now 12-6.
South Lake was able to grind out a solid victory over Apopka in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, winning 9-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Lake since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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