The Cypress Lake Panthers will face off against the Lemon Bay Manta Rays at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Cypress Lake is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Dunbar get on the board and left with a 20-0 win on Thursday. The Panthers haven't had any issues with the Tigers recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Harrison Small and Fernando Carrasquel made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Small tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Carrasquel tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three). At the plate, Small scored two runs while getting on base in both of his plate appearances, while Carrasquel scored two runs while going 2-for-2. Carrasquel also put up two hits, which were his first of the season.
Luigi Smith
| 02/27/25 vs Dunbar | 3 |
| 03/12/24 @ Fort Myers | 2 |
| 04/29/24 vs DeSoto County | 1 |
| 04/08/24 @ Lely | 1 |
| 02/23/24 vs Lemon Bay | 1 |
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Luigi Smith, who went 1-for-2 with one home run and three RBI. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in RBI. Eduardo Rosales was another key player, scoring a run while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, everything went Lemon Bay's way against South Fort Myers on Thursday as Lemon Bay made off with an 11-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Manta Rays.
Lemon Bay now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Cypress Lake, the victory was their first at home , bumping their record up to 2-3.
Cypress Lake might still be hurting after the 9-3 loss they got from Lemon Bay in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can Cypress Lake avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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