The East Lake Eagles will square off against the Mitchell Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Lake has six straight wins, Mitchell has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
East Lake's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Hollins 2-0.
Hunter Wallerstein
| 04/10/25 @ Hollins | 8 |
| 04/03/25 vs Calvary Christian | 4 |
| 03/28/25 @ Neumann | 2 |
| 03/19/25 @ Lecanto | 3 |
| 03/14/25 vs Clearwater Central Catholic | 7 |
| + 4 more games |
Hunter Wallerstein tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over 5.2 innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in February.
On the hitting side, East Lake's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Taft, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Mitchell fell victim to Hernando and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 2-0 to the Leopards, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
East Lake pushed their record up to 18-6 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Mitchell, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-10.
East Lake beat Mitchell 5-2 when the teams last played back in February. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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