Wisconsin High School Baseball - St. Joseph nudged by Lake Country Lutheran
June 1, 2023: Hartland, WI 53029 The St. Joseph Lancers baseball team (Kenosha, WI), was tipped 5-4 in Thursday's non-league outing with the host Lake Country Lutheran Lightning (Hartland, WI)
The Lightning now hold a 22-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Deerfield for a non-league outing on Tuesday, June 6. Lake Country Lutheran will confront a Demons team coming off a 9-4 non-league win over Cambridge (Cambridge, WI). The Demons record now stands at 16-3.
Game Summary
LCL won the Regional Championship in a hard fought, extra inning game with Kenosha St. Joe's. Braden Theis pitched four scoreless innings of relief to get the win and went 1 for 3 with an RBI at the plate. Jacob Merten also had 2 hits and drove in 2 runs and both Levi Benes (double) and Brendon Flinton had 2 hits for the Lightning offense as well. The Lightning move on to play Deerfield in the Markesan Sectional on Tuesday, June 6th at 1:00 pm.