Baseball Preview: Lake Havasu Knights vs. Verrado Vipers
The Lake Havasu Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Verrado Vipers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lake Havasu is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
In what's become a running theme this season, Lake Havasu gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. Everything went their way against North Canyon as Lake Havasu made off with a 12-1 win.
Tyler Thompson spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Paul Brueckner, who went 1-for-2 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Crook, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Verrado has not done well against Millennium recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Verrado skirted past Millennium 9-7.
Braxton Bjur was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over 5.2 innings pitched. Bjur has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Bjur was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Lokan Folino was incredible, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Ranger Knudson, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Lake Havasu has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8-1 record this season. As for Verrado, their victory bumped their record up to 11-12.
Lake Havasu came out on top in a nail-biter against Verrado in their previous matchup last Saturday, sneaking past 9-8. Will Lake Havasu repeat their success, or does Verrado have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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