The Dr. Phillips Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Winter Park Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Dr. Phillips finally turned things around against East River on Monday. Dr. Phillips had just enough and edged East River out 5-4.
Dr. Phillips got a great performance from Taylor Harris as he struck out seven batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Harris has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Christopher Pedrinan, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Whitten, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Winter Park won against Apopka on Monday with five runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. Winter Park came out on top against East River by a score of 5-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Winter Park.
Dillon Smalley looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jake Eisert, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Skyler Jersey, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Dr. Phillips' record now sits at 3-18. As for Winter Park, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.
Dr. Phillips was able to grind out a solid win over Winter Park in their previous meeting back in April of 2022, winning 6-3. Will Dr. Phillips repeat their success, or does Winter Park have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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