The Lake Nona Lions will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Dr. Phillips Panthers at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lake Nona has three straight wins, Dr. Phillips has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Lake Nona stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They never let Freedom onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. With that win, 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 Logan Inman, who went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Dr. Phillips came up short against Trinity Prep on Thursday and fell 4-1.
Dr. Phillips also 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 is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games 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.
Lake Nona has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Dr. Phillips, their loss dropped their record down to 3-22.
Dr. Phillips' pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Lake Nona has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .442. It's a different story for Dr. Phillips, though, as they've only averaged .299. Will they be able to contain Lake Nona's hitters?
Everything went Lake Nona's way against Dr. Phillips when the teams last played back in March as Lake Nona made off with an 11-1 victory. Will Lake Nona repeat their success, or does Dr. Phillips have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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