Baseball Preview: Sports Leadership & Management Spartans vs. Lakeland Christian Vikings
The Sports Leadership & Management Spartans will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Lakeland Christian Vikings at 4:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
The matchup between Sports Leadership & Management and Canterbury on Thursday hardly resembled the 0-0 effort from their previous meeting. Sports Leadership & Management blew past Canterbury 18-6.
Andrew Bunner was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and three runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Duncan, who scored three runs while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Lakeland Christian had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Knights a 15-0 shutout. That looming 15-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Lakeland Christian yet this season.
Sports Leadership & Management's win bumped their record up to 10-5. As for Lakeland Christian, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-2.
Sports Leadership & Management might still be hurting after the 14-0 defeat they got from Lakeland Christian in their previous meeting back in March of 2020. Thankfully for Sports Leadership & Management, Tyler Donay (who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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