Baseball Recap: Papillion-LaVista Monarchs vs. Papillion-LaVista South Titans
On Tuesday, Papillion-LaVista faced Papillion-LaVista South in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Papillion-LaVista Monarchs walked away with a 6-1 win over the Papillion-LaVista South Titans. The victory was nothing new for Papillion-LaVista as they're now sitting on three straight.
Tanner Apgar made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Apgar has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive pitching appearances. Apgar was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other pitching news, Caden Sterling looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Apgar wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Trent Lavicky, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Lavicky has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Imig, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Papillion-LaVista has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for Papillion-LaVista South, their loss dropped their record down to 16-11.
Papillion-LaVista will head out on the road to square off against Millard North at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Papillion-LaVista's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Millard North's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Papillion-LaVista South, they will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against Fremont at 5:00 p.m. Papillion-LaVista South is facing Fremont at the right time seeing as Fremont is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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