Baseball Game Preview: Rhodes Rams vs. Lutheran West Longhorns

The Rhodes Rams are taking a road trip to square off against the Lutheran West Longhorns at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday. Rhodes is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.3 runs per game this season.

Rhodes is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Fairview just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They lost 11-1 to the Warriors. Having soared to a lofty 14 runs in the game before, the Rams couldn't push the score so high this time.

Roberto Benitez

Stolen Base

05/14/25 @ Fairview	3
05/13/25 vs John Hay	2
05/10/25 vs Valley Forge	3
05/08/25 vs Garrett Morgan	2

Roberto Benitez was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with three stolen bases and one run. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged two or more in each of the last four games he's played. Emanuel Quinones was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.

Meanwhile, Lutheran West came up short against North Olmsted on Thursday and fell 6-3.

AJ Biascochea made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

Rhodes' defeat dropped their record down to 15-4. As for Lutheran West, their loss dropped their record down to 11-7.

The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Saturday as neither team is afraid to steal. Rhodes has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 7.3 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Lutheran West struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.9 stolen bases. The only question left is which team can snag more. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.