Baseball Recap: Danbury Takes a Loss

By Team Reports May 17, 2025, 11:02am

Baseball Recap: Danbury Lakers vs. Lakota Raiders

Lakota hit Danbury with a five-run fourth inning on Saturday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Lakers lost 11-5 to the Raiders. The loss continues a trend for the Lakers in their meetings with the Raiders: they've now lost eight in a row.

Logan Lucas

Runs

05/17/25 vs Lakota2
05/16/25 vs Open Door Christian2
04/15/25 @ Port Clinton2
04/09/25 @ St. Joseph Central Catholic2
05/14/25 @ Hopewell-Loudon1
+ 4 more games

Logan Lucas was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He pitched 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. That's the fewest hits he has allowed since back in April. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two runs. Danbury is 3-1 when Lucas posts two or more runs, but 4-16 otherwise.

In other batting news, Danny Carroll was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two RBI.

Danbury's defeat dropped their record down to 7-17. As for Lakota, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-11.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Danbury will take on rival St. Joseph Central Catholic at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Lakota is set to face off against their familiar foe Old Fort at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.

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