The Fort Zumwalt East Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Lindbergh Flyers at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Lindbergh will be up against a hot Fort Zumwalt East squad: the team just extended their winning streak to seven. The Lions' pitchers stepped up to hand Orchard Farm a 7-0 shutout on Thursday. Seven seems to be a good number for the Lions as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Carson Page
| 05/15/25 vs Orchard Farm | 4 |
| 05/02/25 @ Troy-Buchanan | 3 |
| 04/23/25 vs Timberland | 3 |
| 04/16/25 vs Washington | 5 |
Carson Page looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. What's more, he posted four strikeouts, the most he's had since back in April.
At the plate, Fort Zumwalt East's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Kliethermes, who went 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI. That's the most hits Kliethermes has posted since back in April. Harrison Land also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
Fort Zumwalt East was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Lindbergh had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They put the hurt on the Knights with a sharp 17-8 victory.
Adler Crask made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances. He was even better at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run.
In other batting news, Luke Seiler and Austin Jones did most of the damage at the plate: Seiler went 1-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple, while Jones went 2-for-4 with four RBI and one run. The team also got some help courtesy of Augie Hutchinson, who earned three runs and one stolen base.
Fort Zumwalt East pushed their record up to 21-11 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.7 runs over those games. As for Lindbergh, their record is now 27-11-1.
Fort Zumwalt East took their win against Lindbergh in their previous meeting back in May of 2024 by a conclusive 11-5 score. Do the Lions have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Flyers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
