The Edgewater Eagles will take on the Lake Buena Vista Vipers at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Edgewater lost a heartbreaker the last time they played Wekiva, but it's fair to say they got their revenge given the result of Wednesday's contest. Everything went Edgewater's way against Wekiva on Wednesday as Edgewater made off with a 12-1 win. Considering the Eagles have won four games by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Tanner Johnson tossed a big game, not allowing a single hit, allowed only an earned run over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive appearances.
Odanyx Ofarril
| 02/26/25 @ Wekiva | 3 |
| 02/25/25 @ Jones | 3 |
| 02/10/25 @ Horizon | 2 |
| 02/22/25 vs Evans | 1 |
| 02/21/25 @ Orangewood Christian | 1 |
| + 1 more games |
On the hitting side, Odanyx Ofarril was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Edgewater is 2-1 when Ofarril posts two or more runs, but 2-4 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Gary (Blake) Alderman, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, the third road matchup was the charm for Lake Buena Vista, as they earned their first road win of the season. They blew past Jones 12-2 on Wednesday.
The team relied heavily on Jason Perez, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Yuto Ohno was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Lake Buena Vista always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .607. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Jones only posted an OBP of .385.
The victory was the third in a row for Edgewater, bringing their record for this year to 4-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 runs over those games. As for Lake Buena Vista, their win bumped their record up to 3-5.
Edgewater was able to grind out a solid victory over Lake Buena Vista in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, winning 8-4. Will Edgewater repeat their success, or does Lake Buena Vista have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
