Baseball Recap: Lexington Comes Up Short

After flying high against Cornerstone Christian last Tuesday, Lexington came back down to earth. The Minutemen fell just short of the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Falcons by a score of 5-3 on Wednesday. The Minutemen were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Falcons apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in May of 2024.

Blaine Friedmansky

Runs

04/08/25 @ Cornerstone Christian	4
03/31/25 vs Midland	3
04/09/25 vs Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley	2
03/18/25 @ Woodland	2
03/29/25 @ Delavan	1
+ 4 more games

Blaine Friedmansky and Kayden Knight stepped up to the plate in a big way. Friedmansky scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3, while Knight went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Lexington is 3-1 when Friedmansky posts two or more runs, but 2-4 otherwise.

Lexington's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-3.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Lexington will challenge rival LeRoy at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley is set to square off against their familiar foe Tri-Valley at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.