Baseball Preview: Lamar Silver Foxes vs. Latta Vikings
After two games on the road, Lamar is heading back home. They will take on the Latta Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
On Wednesday, it was a hard-fought match, but Lamar had to settle for a 4-3 defeat against Green Sea Floyds. Lamar has not had much luck with Green Sea Floyds recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, Latta was able to grind out a solid win over Andrews on Monday, taking the game 6-1.
Latta got a great performance from Caden Lee as he struck out seven batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
On the hitting side, BW Berry was incredible, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Preston Brown, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Lamar's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Latta, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-4.
Lamar suffered a grim 14-2 defeat to Latta in their previous matchup on March 12th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Brown, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Now that Lamar knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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