Baseball Recap: Lake Beats Forest for Their Sixth Straight Win

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Previous 6 Games

03/03/25 vs Forest	5-0
03/01/25 vs Eupora	9-8
03/01/25 @ Ethel	16-1
03/01/25 @ Ethel	18-1
02/27/25 @ Pelahatchie	13-0
02/25/25 vs Pelahatchie	15-1

Lake entered their tilt with Forest on Monday with five consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with six. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Forest Bearcats a 5-0 shutout. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 14-0 back in February.

The result came thanks to Kasen Tune's shutout, as he gave up just four hits and racked up ten Ks. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Trey Gray and Jd Gibson did most of the damage at the plate: Gray scored a run and stole Four bases. while going 1-for-3, while Gibson scored two runs and stole Two bases. Gray has been hot for a while, having posted at least one stolen base the last 12 times he's played. Another player making a difference was Aidan Dilley, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one double.

Lake's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing seven strikeouts in those games compared to only 3.88 in the others. As for Forest, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.

Lake has already played their next contest (against Bay Springs), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Forest, they have already played their next game, a 17-3 defeat against Lake on the 8th.