Baseball Preview: Lodi Rams vs. Wallington Panthers
The Lodi Rams will head out on the road to face off against the Wallington Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Lodi is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Hawthorne Christian on Saturday. They fell just short of the Defenders by a score of 3-2. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Lodi has scored all season.
Lodi saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayr Figueroa, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Lodi didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Wallington was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They suffered a tough 10-1 defeat at the hands of Garfield.
Lodi now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Wallington, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Lodi came out on top in a nail-biter against Wallington in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, sneaking past 7-5. Will Lodi repeat their success, or does Wallington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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