Baseball Preview: Lansing Bobcats vs. Notre Dame Crusaders
The Lansing Bobcats will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Notre Dame Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, it was close, but Lansing sidestepped Charles O. Dickerson for a 5-4 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lansing.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Notre Dame gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. Everything went their way against Dryden as Notre Dame made off with an 11-1 victory.
Alex Daugherty was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Daugherty was also big at the plate, going 3-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jahmeire Keyser, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Brendan O'Brien was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.
Lansing's win bumped their record up to 2-3-1. As for Notre Dame, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-5.
Lansing was able to grind out a solid win over Notre Dame in their previous meeting back in May of 2022, winning 7-4. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Notre Dame's Owen Stewart, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over 6.2 innings pitched. Now that he won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for Lansing to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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