The Clearwater Tornadoes will head out on the road to face off against the Lakewood Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Clearwater has three straight wins, Lakewood has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Monday, Clearwater never let their opponents score. They walked away with a 4-0 victory over Anclote. That's two games straight that Clearwater has won by exactly four runs.
Clearwater's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Wood, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lakewood pushed their score all the way to 13 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 17-13 to Hernando Christian Academy. Even if Lakewood couldn't come away with the victory, the high-scoring effort was a great turnaround for their hitters, which had struggled int the games prior.
Xavier Terrell was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring four runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Jonathan Jacomino was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Clearwater has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-9 record this season. As for Lakewood, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
Clearwater suffered a grim 20-5 defeat to Lakewood in their previous meeting back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lakewood's Mikal Morris, who went 3-for-5 with five RBI, two runs, and a triple. Now that Clearwater knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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