Baseball Preview: Dover-Eyota Eagles vs. Lourdes Eagles
The Dover-Eyota Eagles have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Lourdes Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Dover-Eyota is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Dover-Eyota sidestepped Cannon Falls for a 5-3 win.
Dover-Eyota's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Mat Matejka, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Matejka has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Another player making a difference was Landon Lehnertz, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Lourdes was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They fell just short of Chatfield by a score of 8-6.
Nolan Rolih was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
Dover-Eyota's win bumped their record up to 9-7. As for Lourdes, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-14.
Dover-Eyota beat Lourdes 6-3 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Dover-Eyota repeat their success, or does Lourdes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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