Baseball Preview: Oostburg Flying Dutchmen vs. Sheboygan Area Lutheran Crusaders
Oostburg has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Sheboygan Area Lutheran Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought match, but Oostburg had to settle for a 7-6 defeat against Hilbert.
Oostburg saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Levi Mills, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Chase Townsend, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Sheboygan Area Lutheran was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 6-0 to Manitowoc Lutheran, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Oostburg now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Sheboygan Area Lutheran, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything went Oostburg's way against Sheboygan Area Lutheran in their previous meeting on Monday as Oostburg made off with a 10-2 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Sheboygan Area Lutheran's David Vanic, who struck out 11 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits (and not a single walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Oostburg still be able to contain Vanic? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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