Baseball Preview: Lena-Winslow Panthers vs. Dakota Indians
The Lena-Winslow Panthers will be playing at home against the Dakota Indians at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lena-Winslow is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.
Lena-Winslow is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Durand/Pecatonica just ended the team's nine-game winning streak on Thursday. They lost 14-7 to the Rivermen.
Aiden Wild was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Miles Mahon, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Even though they lost, Lena-Winslow was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with three doubles. This was only their first loss (out of four games) when they post three or more doubles.
Meanwhile, Dakota can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent contest on Monday. They blew past Milledgeville 15-8. The win was familiar territory for Dakota who now have five in a row.
Koehn Lawler made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up four earned (and four unearned) runs off 11 hits (and not a single walk). Lawler was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, Braxton Niedermeier was incredible, going 3-for-5 with a home run, five RBI, and a double. Brodie Goode was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Lena-Winslow's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-5. As for Dakota, they pushed their record up to 9-10 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Lena-Winslow has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.8 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Dakota struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.3. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Lena-Winslow suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Dakota when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Lena-Winslow, James Eyster (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over five innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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