Baseball Preview: Lakeside School Chiefs vs. Lee-Scott Academy Warriors
Lakeside School is 1-9 against Lee-Scott Academy since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Lakeside School Chiefs will head out on the road to challenge the Lee-Scott Academy Warriors at 3:00 p.m. Neither Lakeside School nor Lee-Scott Academy posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Lakeside School is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Calvary Christian just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 3-1.
Carson Scott spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three runs (all of which were unearned) on one hit and racked up seven Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Lakeside School saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Taylor Morrow, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Lakeside School was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with three doubles. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Calvary Christian didn't hit any.
Meanwhile, Lee-Scott Academy put their dominant pitchers on display in the team's 11th consecutive shutout two weeks ago. They skirted past Evangel Christian 2-0.
Harrison Short looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched.
Lakeside School's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-21. As for Lee-Scott Academy, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-4.
Lakeside School suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Lee-Scott Academy in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lee-Scott Academy's Jack McKay, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Now that Lakeside School knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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