Baseball Recap: Twin Lakes wins going away against West Lafayette

By Team Reports Apr 11, 2024, 1:39am

Baseball Recap: Twin Lakes Indians vs. West Lafayette Red Devils

Twin Lakes had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the West Lafayette Red Devils as they made off with a 12-2 win. Twin Lakes might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won three games by ten runs or more this season.

The team relied heavily on Tristan Robertson, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Brummett, who scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

On West Lafayette's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Shaeffer, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

Twin Lakes' victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for West Lafayette, they dropped their record down to 1-4 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Twin Lakes will square off against McCutcheon at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (McCutcheon: 3.2, Twin Lakes: 1) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for West Lafayette, they will head out on the road to face off against Harrison at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. West Lafayette is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.

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