The Land O' Lakes Gators will head out on the road to take on the King Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Land O' Lakes' pitching crew has only allowed two runs per game this season, so King's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Last Thursday, Land O' Lakes didn't have quite enough to beat Springstead and fell 5-3. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Gators have suffered against the Eagles since February 28, 2019.
Aiden Marsiglio
| 02/20/25 @ Springstead | 11 |
| 02/14/25 vs Bishop McLaughlin Catholic | 7 |
| 03/14/24 vs River Ridge | 5 |
| 04/22/24 @ Nature Coast Tech | 3 |
| 04/18/24 @ Springstead | 3 |
Aiden Marsiglio was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out 11 batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Those 11 strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
At the plate, Land O' Lakes saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was A.J. Romano, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. That run marked the first that Romano's scored this season.
Meanwhile, King was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost a 6-4 heartbreaker at the hands of Plant City. That's two games in a row now that the Lions have lost by exactly two runs.
This is the second loss in a row for Land O' Lakes and nudges their season record down to 2-2. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 1.5 runs. As for King, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
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