Baseball Game Preview: Deer Lakes Lancers vs. Burrell Bucs

For the second straight game, Deer Lakes will face off against Burrell. The Lancers will face off against the Bucs at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Deer Lakes' pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Burrell. That's two games straight that the Lancers have won by exactly three runs.

Anthony Smith

Home Runs

04/28/25 vs Burrell	1
04/25/25 vs Shady Side Academy	1
04/07/25 vs Ligonier Valley	1

Deer Lakes saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anthony Smith, who went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. Smith is becoming a predictor of the Lancers' success: when he posts at least one home run the team is undefeated (and 4-6 when he doesn't).

The win made it two in a row for Deer Lakes and bumps their season record up to 7-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 1 runs in those games. As for Burrell, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 11-6 record this season.