The Bristol Eastern Lancers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Platt Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
On Wednesday, Bristol Eastern came up short against Avon and fell 12-8. Bristol Eastern has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Platt gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Simsbury a 10-0 shutout. The high-scoring effort was just what Platt needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
Brandon Candelora made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Candelora has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Candelora was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Dylan Link was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Zack Baker was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Bristol Eastern's defeat dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Platt, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season.
Bristol Eastern couldn't quite finish off Platt when the teams last played two weeks ago and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Platt's Jordan Malone, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Now that Bristol Eastern knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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