Baseball Preview: Lima Senior Spartans vs. Mansfield Senior Tygers
The Lima Senior Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mansfield Senior Tygers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lima Senior will be strutting in after a victory while Mansfield Senior will be coming in after a loss.
Lima Senior's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Rogers 6-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lima Senior.
Peyton Rader made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over seven innings pitched. Rader was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Caiden Crawford, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Clay Jordan, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Mansfield Senior fell victim to Lexington and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They suffered a tough 12-0 defeat at the hands of the Minutemen. Mansfield Senior has struggled against Lexington recently, as their contest on Wednesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Mansfield Senior saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joshua Malone, who went 1-for-3 with a double. Malone has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Lima Senior's win bumped their record up to 3-8. As for Mansfield Senior, their loss dropped their record down to 3-11.
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