Baseball Preview: Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks vs. Millard West Wildcats
The Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks will head out on the road to face off against the Millard West Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Lincoln Southwest comes in on four and Millard West on seven.
Lincoln Southwest stacked a fourth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 10-1 margin over Lincoln North Star.
Hudson Shaffer made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks). Shaffer was even better at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
In other pitching news, Matthew Humphrey looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Landon Sandy, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI and a double. Sandy is crushing it when it comes to RBI: he's brought in at least three every time he's taken the field this season. Caison Seymore was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with three RBI.
Meanwhile, Millard West narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Papillion-LaVista South 8-6. That's two games straight that Millard West has won by exactly two runs.
Drew Lodice looked comfortable as he tossed 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Tyson Lewis, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Mike Valdivia, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Lincoln Southwest's record now sits at 7-2. As for Millard West, their win was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-1.
Lincoln Southwest suffered a grim 12-2 defeat to Millard West in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Millard West's Nick Venteicher, who scored four runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-4. Now that Lincoln Southwest knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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