Baseball Game Preview: Lakeside Lancers vs. Linfield Christian Lions

By Team Reports Apr 12, 2024, 7:57am

Baseball Preview: Lakeside Lancers vs. Linfield Christian Lions

Lakeside is 1-7 against Linfield Christian since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Lakeside Lancers will challenge the Linfield Christian Lions at 11:30 a.m. Lakeside is coming into the game hot, having won their last nine games.

On Thursday, Lakeside got themselves on the board against Cornerstone Christian, but Cornerstone Christian never followed suit. They came out on top against the Crusaders by a score of 3-0.

Diego Serrano looked comfortable as he tossed 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.

On the hitting side, Lakeside saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Christian Ulloa, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.

Meanwhile, Linfield Christian fell victim to a rough 10-2 defeat at the hands of Aquinas on Thursday. Linfield Christian has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Lakeside's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-2. As for Linfield Christian, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-9.

Lakeside came up short against Linfield Christian in their previous matchup back in February, falling 6-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Linfield Christian's Sawyer Franzen, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with five RBI, a triple, and a run. Now that Lakeside knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

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