Baseball Recap: Lost River Find Success

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Previous Games

05/12/26 - Away	5-4 W
04/24/26 - Home	9-10 L
04/04/25 - Away	4-6 L
04/04/25 - Away	7-2 W
04/12/24 - Home	15-1 W
+ 5 more games

Lost River posted their closest victory since April 2nd on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Illinois Valley Cougars, sneaking past 5-4. This was a revenge game for the Raiders: when they faced off against the Cougars back in April, they had to take a 10-9 loss.

Lost River has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games. As for Illinois Valley, their defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 14-3.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Lost River will challenge Bonanza at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Antlers have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 17.58 runs per game on average), something the Raiders will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Illinois Valley, they will take on Hosanna Christian at 12:00 p.m. on Monday.