Baseball Preview: Lodi Blue Devils vs. Mount Horeb Vikings
The Lodi Blue Devils will be playing at home against the Mount Horeb Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Mount Horeb took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Lodi, who comes in off a win.
If Lodi beats Mount Horeb with 12 runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Everything went Lodi's way against Poynette on Thursday as Lodi made off with a 12-1 win. The victory was familiar territory for Lodi who now have three in a row.
Eli Schneider was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Schneider was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-2 with two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Paxton Wyman, who went 3-for-4 with four runs, four RBI, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Dakota Franklin, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Mount Horeb fell victim to Portage and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 2-0. The match marked the first time this year in which Mount Horeb was not able to get on the board.
Lodi is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Mount Horeb, their loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 11-8.
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