The Lemon Bay Manta Rays are on the road again on Thursday to play the Hardee Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. Lemon Bay is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
On Wednesday, Lemon Bay fell victim to a tough 11-1 defeat at the hands of Charlotte.
Lemon Bay saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mackenzie Vaughan, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Hardee entered their tilt with Mulberry with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. They had just enough and edged the Panthers out 6-5.
Yareli Duarte was a standout: she went 3-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI. Mikayla Silva was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Lemon Bay's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-8. As for Hardee, they pushed their record up to 13-2 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Lemon Bay might still be hurting after the 14-4 defeat they got from Hardee in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hardee's Alexandra Herrera, who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Now that Lemon Bay knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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