Baseball Recap: Lutheran Makes It Seven in a Row at Home

There's no place like home for Lutheran, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They had just enough and edged out the Discovery Canyon Thunder 5-4 on Tuesday. The victory continues a trend for the Lions in their matchups with the Thunder: they've now won five in a row.

Ian Stephenitch looked comfortable as he tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances.

Connor Sanders

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/08/25 vs Discovery Canyon	2
04/01/25 vs Green Mountain	1
03/18/25 @ Sunrise Mountain	1
03/17/25 @ Notre Dame Prep	1
03/15/25 @ Willow Canyon	1

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Connor Sanders, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one triple, two RBI, and one double. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high.

Lutheran pushed their record up to 7-5 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Discovery Canyon, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 8-1.

Lutheran will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Thunder: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.