The Dr. Phillips Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Lake Nona Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Dr. Phillips has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight losses, while Lake Nona will come in with three straight wins.
On Thursday, Dr. Phillips came up short against Trinity Prep and fell 4-1.
Dr. Phillips got a good showing from Javier Centeno, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, Dr. Phillips saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Diego Diaz, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. Diaz has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Even though they lost, Dr. Phillips didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. This was only their 16th loss (out of 19 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Lake Nona can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Freedom a 10-0 shutout. With that victory, Lake Nona brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Tanner Pielock looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk).
On the hitting side, Lorenzo Rodriguez-Pozo was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Fabian Gavalo, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Dr. Phillips' defeat dropped their record down to 3-22. As for Lake Nona, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season.
Dr. Phillips might still be hurting after the 11-1 loss they got from Lake Nona in their previous matchup back in March. Can Dr. Phillips avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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