Baseball Preview: Lutheran Lions vs. Palmer Ridge Bears
The Lutheran Lions will be playing in front of their home fans against the Palmer Ridge Bears at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Lutheran's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Palmer Ridge has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Lutheran will head into Tuesday's game out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Tuesday after soaring to a six-point contest in their last game. They fell just short of Palmer Ridge by a score of 6-4.
Eli Morgan was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Morgan has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Morgan was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Drew McNear was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs.
Lutheran's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-6-1. As for Palmer Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 7-9.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Lutheran hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.7 home runs per game. However, it's not like Palmer Ridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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