Baseball Game Preview: Walled Lake Western Warriors vs. Mott Corsairs

Warriors

Runs

04/09/25 vs Mott	11
04/09/25 vs Mott	12
04/03/25 vs Lakeland	2
04/03/25 vs Lakeland	2

For the second straight game, Walled Lake Western will face off against Mott. The Warriors are taking a road trip to challenge the Corsairs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Walled Lake Western is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.

Walled Lake Western's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Mott as they made off with an 11-0 victory. The win continues a trend for the Warriors in their matchups with the Corsairs: they've now won six in a row.

Vincent Roach was a major factor no matter where he played. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over four innings pitched. Roach was also big at the plate, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with one RBI. He also put up a hit, which was his first of the season.

In other batting news, Lucas Hoffmeyer was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with four RBI, one triple, and one run. That triple marked the first that he hit this season. Mickey Gross was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs and one triple.

Walled Lake Western was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .474. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Mott dropped their record down to 1-7 with the loss, which was their 17th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Walled Lake Western, they now have a winning record of 2-1-1.