Baseball Recap: Lake-Lehman's Win on Saturday Extends Winning Streak to Five

Knights

Previous 5 Games

04/19/25 vs Honesdale	9-1
04/17/25 vs Wyoming Seminary College Prep	3-0
04/14/25 vs Hanover Area	9-1
04/11/25 vs Tunkhannock	10-4
04/09/25 vs Wyoming Area	6-3

Lake-Lehman entered their tilt with Honesdale on Saturday with four consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with five. They blew past the Hornets 9-1. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by six runs or more this season.

Sam Finarelli made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits over four innings pitched. What's more, he posted four strikeouts, the most he's had since back in April of 2024. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and two doubles.

In other batting news, Will Jenkins was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Chris Sholtis was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.

Lake-Lehman was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .407. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Honesdale only posted a batting average of .130.

Lake-Lehman pushed their record up to 8-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Honesdale, they now have a losing record of 5-6.

Coming up, Lake-Lehman will be playing in front of their home fans against Holy Redeemer at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. As for Honesdale, they will take on Mid Valley at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Hornets' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Spartans have averaged an impressive 9.3 runs per game this season.