Baseball Preview: Lodi Flames vs. West Wolfpack
Lodi is 10-0 against West since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lodi Flames will be playing in front of their home fans against the West Wolfpack at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lodi has four straight wins, West has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Lodi's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against West as Lodi made off with an 8-0 victory.
Vance Haskins was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Haskins has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Haskins was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Lodi let Preston Plath and Caiden Andes loose on the outfield. Plath went 2-for-3 with three RBI, while Andes went 2-for-2 with three stolen bases.
Lodi's win bumped their record up to 12-8. As for West, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-15.
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