Baseball Preview: Lake Country Lutheran Lightning vs. St. Joseph Lancers
The Lake Country Lutheran Lightning will be playing at home against the St. Joseph Lancers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
St. Joseph is hoping to do on Saturday what Brookfield Academy couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Lake Country Lutheran's winning streak, which now stands at 11 games. Lake Country Lutheran's pitcher stepped up to hand Brookfield Academy a 10-0 shutout.
Lake Country Lutheran got a great performance from Maddux Kiley as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Gavin Schieffer and Jack Poellot did most of the damage at the plate: Schieffer went 3-for-3 with three stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs, while Poellot scored four runs and stole five bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Poellot has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Gavin Skrzypchak was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing three bases.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They blew past the Knights 12-2. That's two games straight that St. Joseph has won by exactly ten runs.
Lake Country Lutheran pushed their record up to 12-1 with that win, which was their 18th straight at home dating back to last season. As for St. Joseph, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
Lake Country Lutheran came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Joseph when the teams last played back in June of 2023, sneaking past 5-4. Will Lake Country Lutheran repeat their success, or does St. Joseph have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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