Baseball Preview: La Crescent Lancers vs. Cotter Ramblers
After three games on the road, La Crescent is heading back home. They will take on the Cotter Ramblers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
La Crescent stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Fillmore Central/Lanesboro a 10-0 shutout.
Kale Baker made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over five innings pitched. Baker has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Baker was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Mitchell Reining was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2. Alex Von Arx was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Cotter sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 victory over Goodhue on Monday.
La Crescent's win bumped their record up to 13-5. As for Cotter, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season.
La Crescent took their victory against Cotter in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 12-6. Will La Crescent repeat their success, or does Cotter have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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