Baseball Recap: Lyons Lions vs. Proviso West Panthers
Lyons put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Proviso West Panthers a 14-0 shutout. While fans of Lyons might be used to big wins, the 14-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Jake Shumaker was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Shumaker has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances. Shumaker was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other pitching news, Tucker King looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
Back at the plate, Ryan Good was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Lyons has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Proviso West, they dropped their record down to 1-11 with that loss, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season.
Lyons will have a chance to go back-to-back against Proviso West: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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