Baseball Preview: Brother Rice Crusaders vs. Lyons Lions
After five games on the road, Brother Rice is heading back home. They will take on the Lyons Lions at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Wednesday, Brother Rice was able to grind out a solid win over Marian Catholic, taking the game 7-2.
Brother Rice got a great performance from Brayden McKendrick as he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.
At the plate, Gavin Triezenberg was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Lyons had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Huskies 2-1. That's two games straight that Lyons has won by just one run.
Lyons also got a great performance from Tucker King as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Nathan Anderson relieved him and did a solid job, pitching two innings while giving up no earned run off one hit.
On the hitting side, Lyons saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Nicholaus, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Brother Rice's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Lyons, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Brother Rice has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Lyons struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Brother Rice was able to grind out a solid win over Lyons in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, winning 7-3. Will Brother Rice repeat their success, or does Lyons have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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