Baseball Game Preview: Lincoln Prep Lightning vs. Pima Roughriders

The Lincoln Prep Lightning will challenge the Pima Roughriders at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Lincoln Prep comes in on four and Pima on three.

Lincoln Prep proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 19) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They won by a run and slipped past Anthem Prep 8-7. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Lightning have posted since May 10, 2024.

Cash Luce

Hits (Career)

04/09/25 @ Anthem Prep	3
04/04/25 vs Superior	2
03/26/25 @ North Valley Christian Academy	2
03/20/25 @ Phoenix Christian	2
03/17/25 vs Veritas Prep	2

The team relied heavily on Cash Luce, who went 3-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI. Those three hits gave him a new career-high.

Lincoln Prep was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

The home team had come away the winner the last six times Pima and Miami had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Roughriders never let the Vandals get on the board and left with a 13-0 win on Friday. The contest marked the Roughriders' most dominant victory of the season.

Pima got a big performance out of Tanner Smith, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4. Smith has become a key player for the Roughriders: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 2-7-1 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Adrian Castro, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Lincoln Prep pushed their record up to 7-6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Pima, their win bumped their record up to 6-7-1.

Pima's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Lincoln Prep has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .455. It's a different story for Pima, though, as they've only averaged .341. Will they be able to contain Lincoln Prep's hitters? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.