Baseball Preview: Hugoton Eagles vs. Lakin Broncs
Hugoton is 8-2 against Lakin since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Hugoton Eagles will stay at home for another game and welcome the Lakin Broncs at 4:00 p.m. Hugoton will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Hugoton's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Stanton County as Hugoton made off with an 11-0 victory.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Lakin's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell victim to a tough 20-1 loss at the hands of Colby. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, Lakin couldn't push the score so high this time.
Lakin saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dru Patterson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Hugoton's win bumped their record up to 5-7. As for Lakin, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-7.
Hugoton took their victory against Lakin in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 22-5. Does Hugoton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lakin turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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