Baseball Preview: Lakewood Leopards vs. Rosewood Eagles
Lakewood is 0-10 against Rosewood since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Lakewood Leopards will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rosewood Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, everything went Lakewood's way against Neuse Charter as Lakewood made off with a 25-9 victory.
Landon Neal and Rylan Godbold made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Neal pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Godbold pitched five innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off one hit. At bat, Neal got on base in four of his six plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and a triple, while Godbold scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-6.
In other batting news, Lakewood got a massive performance out of Samuel Johnson, who scored five runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-5. Johnson has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Carmine Pope, who got on base in five of his six plate appearances with five RBI, three runs, and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Rosewood had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They walked away with a 6-2 win over the Rebels.
Like Lakewood, Rosewood also got a great game from a two-way player: Robbie Boren. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Boren was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jack Adams, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI. Cam Medlin was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Lakewood's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-11. As for Rosewood, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
Lakewood might still be hurting after the 15-0 loss they got from Rosewood in their previous matchup on April 9th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rosewood's Jose Vega, who tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that Lakewood 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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