Baseball Preview: New Brighton Lions vs. Seton LaSalle Rebels
The New Brighton Lions will head out on the road to take on the Seton LaSalle Rebels at 11:50 a.m. on Saturday. New Brighton will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
New Brighton is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 19-2 margin over Northgate on Tuesday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded New Brighton with their most commanding win of the season.
Brock Budacki was incredible, going 4-for-5 with a home run, seven RBI, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Brandon Ribar, who went 3-for-4 with three stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, Seton LaSalle came tearing into Tuesday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Spartans by a score of 7-2.
Aric White and Josh Burkholder did most of the damage at the plate: White scored two runs while going 3-for-5, while Burkholder went 3-for-4 with two RBI.
New Brighton now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Seton LaSalle, their victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Both both teams just can't seem to miss. New Brighton has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 8.7 hits per game. However, it's not like Seton LaSalle struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 2.4. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
New Brighton came up short against Seton LaSalle in their previous matchup back in March, falling 7-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Seton LaSalle's Gio LoNero, who struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that New Brighton 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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