The Lake Region Thunder will take on the Bartow Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Lake Region 1.2, Bartow 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Thursday, Lake Region needed a bit of extra time to put away McKeel Academy. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Wildcats 2-1. The win continues a trend for the Thunder in their matchups with the Wildcats: they've now won seven in a row.
Makenna Meadows
| 04/17/25 vs McKeel Academy | 18 |
| 04/14/25 @ Calvary Christian | 6 |
| 04/10/25 vs Auburndale | 14 |
| 04/04/25 @ George Jenkins | 10 |
| 04/03/25 @ Fort Meade | 5 |
| + 13 more games |
Not much got past Makenna Meadows, who gave up just six hits and racked up 18 Ks to keep McKeel Academy off the board. Meadows has been consistent for a while: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 18 consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Lake Region's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Bailee Ellis, who got on base in three of her five plate appearances with one run.
Meanwhile, Bartow made easy work of McKeel Academy on Tuesday and carried off a 16-2 win. Considering the Yellow Jackets have won ten games by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Lake Region's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-3. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.9 runs on average over those games. As for Bartow, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-5.
Lake Region beat Bartow 3-0 in their previous meeting back in February. Will the Thunder repeat their success, or do the Yellow Jackets have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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