The Winter Park Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lyman Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Winter Park has four straight victories, Lyman has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Winter Park's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Lake Nona as Winter Park made off with a 10-0 win.
Jake Eisert made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. Eisert was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
In other batting news, Skyler Jersey was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jacob Butts, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lyman suffered a rough 15-5 defeat at the hands of Hagerty on Friday. That's two games in a row now that Lyman has lost by exactly ten runs.
Juan Lopez was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Winter Park is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-10 record this season. As for Lyman, their loss dropped their record down to 8-15.
Winter Park came out on top in a nail-biter against Lyman when the teams last played back in February of 2016, sneaking past 4-3. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Lyman's Brandon Tague, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that he won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for Winter Park to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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