Baseball Recap: Lake Country Lutheran Lightning vs. Catholic Central Hilltoppers
Lake Country Lutheran stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 15-2 margin over the Catholic Central Hilltoppers. Winning may never get old, but Lake Country Lutheran sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Gavin Skrzypchak was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Skrzypchak has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances. Skrzypchak was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brendon Flinton, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-5. Jack Poellot was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
On Catholic Central's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was William Leiting, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Lake Country Lutheran's win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-2. As for Catholic Central, they now have a losing record at 6-7.
Lake Country Lutheran will head out on the road to challenge University School of Milwaukee at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Lake Country Lutheran: 2.4, University School of Milwaukee: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Catholic Central, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Notre Dame Academy. Notre Dame Academy's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Catholic Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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