Baseball Game Preview: South Knox on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 4:56am

Baseball Preview: South Knox Spartans vs. Lawrenceville Indians

South Knox is 6-1 against Lawrenceville since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The South Knox Spartans will be playing at home against the Lawrenceville Indians at 5:30 p.m. South Knox will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.

South Knox's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against North Daviess by a score of 4-0.

Meanwhile, Lawrenceville didn't have quite enough to beat Robinson on Monday and fell 2-1.

Lawrenceville saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Neilan Bickers, who went 1-for-4 with a double.

Even though they lost, Lawrenceville hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Robinson struck out 13 times.

South Knox has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Lawrenceville, their loss dropped their record down to 13-12-1.

South Knox came out on top in a nail-biter against Lawrenceville in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, sneaking past 6-4. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Lawrenceville's Leyton Ivers, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, two stolen bases, and two RBI. Now that he won't be playing on Wednesday, will it be that much easier for South Knox to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

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