Baseball Recap: West Carroll Takes a Loss

West Carroll extended their losing streak to 16 on Friday, dropping their season record down to 1-16 in the process. They came up short against the Lena-Winslow Panthers, falling 13-3. That's two games in a row now that the Thunder have lost by exactly ten runs.

West Carroll saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chanse Schnitzler, who went 1-for-2 with two runs.

As for Lena-Winslow, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-6-1 record this season. They might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by six runs or more this season.

On Lena-Winslow's side, Luke Madigan was incredible, getting on base in all five of his plate appearances with three RBI and two runs. That's the most RBI Madigan has posted since back in March. Brody Cox was another key player, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with two runs and one RBI.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. West Carroll will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on East Dubuque at 4:30 p.m. on the 12th. As for Lena-Winslow, they will square off against Durand/Pecatonica at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Rivermen have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 12.06 runs per game on average), something the Panthers will no doubt try to take advantage of.