Two dominant players in David Pina and Colin Raleigh are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The South Lake Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the East Ridge Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. South Lake's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so East Ridge's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought contest, but South Lake had to settle for a 6-5 defeat against IMG Academy White.
Parker Trowbridge put in work while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Trowbridge was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Trowbridge wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Pina, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Dawson Kirkland was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
East Ridge has not done well against Lake Minneola recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. East Ridge won by a run and slipped past Lake Minneola 5-4. The victory made it back-to-back wins for East Ridge.
South Lake now has a losing record at 5-6. As for East Ridge, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-7.
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