Baseball Game Preview: Lexington Minutemen vs. Lafayette County Huskers

Lexington is 0-10 against Lafayette County since April of 2021 but things could change on Monday. The Minutemen will head out on the road to challenge the Huskers at 4:30 p.m. Lafayette County took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Lexington, who comes in off a win.

Lexington's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Leeton as they made off with a 10-0 victory. That looming 10-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Minutemen yet this season.

Hunter Meyer

Runs

04/11/25 @ Leeton	2
04/08/25 @ Concordia	2
04/07/25 @ Van Horn	2
04/01/25 vs Richmond	2
04/10/25 vs Knob Noster	1
+ 1 more games

The team relied heavily on Hunter Meyer, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. He has become a key player for Lexington: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 0-10 otherwise. Bryson Aaron also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Lexington always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .559. The last time their OBP was this high was was before the start of last season.

Meanwhile, Lafayette County came up short against St. Michael the Archangel on Thursday and fell 6-2.

Lexington's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-10. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Lafayette County, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.

Lexington suffered a grim 15-3 defeat to Lafayette County in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Minutemen avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.