Baseball Recap: Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Takes a Loss

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 6-5 heartbreaker at the hands of the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers. That's two games in a row now that the Knights have lost by just one run.

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10. As for New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, their victory bumped their record up to 4-9.

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial and New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Minnesota Rankings. The Knights will square off against St. James at 5:00 p.m. on Monday with a big rank disadvantage (259 vs. 84). Meanwhile, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva (ranked 276th) will meet Madelia (ranked 120th) at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.