Baseball Preview: Denver North Vikings vs. Lincoln Lancers
Denver North is 8-2 against Lincoln since March of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Denver North Vikings are on the road again to play the Lincoln Lancers at 4:15 p.m. Denver North will be strutting in after a victory while Lincoln will be coming in after a loss.
Denver North will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Saturday (they won by six) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Thomas Jefferson 3-1.
Santana Vital spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on one hit and racked up nine Ks.
On the hitting side, Denver North's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was John Miller, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Lincoln was a bit more limited in their game on Thursday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 22-1 walloping at the hands of Vista PEAK Prep.
Denver North's victory bumped their record up to 4-6. As for Lincoln, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-7 record this season.
Everything went Denver North's way against Lincoln in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Denver North made off with a 16-2 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Denver North since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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