Baseball Preview: Pymatuning Valley Lakers vs. Lordstown Red Devils
Pymatuning Valley is 7-1 against Lordstown since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Pymatuning Valley Lakers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lordstown Red Devils at 5:00 p.m. Pymatuning Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 11.3 runs per game this season.
In what's become a running theme this season, Pymatuning Valley gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 13-3 margin over Windham. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Pymatuning Valley.
Pymatuning Valley let Seth Bryan and Landon Paul loose on the outfield. Bryan scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4, while Paul scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lordstown was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell victim to a tough 18-4 loss at the hands of Maplewood.
Pymatuning Valley has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5-1 record this season. As for Lordstown, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Everything went Pymatuning Valley's way against Lordstown when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Pymatuning Valley made off with a 15-0 victory. Will Pymatuning Valley repeat their success, or does Lordstown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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