Baseball Recap: Lutheran West Longhorns vs. Cuyahoga Heights Red Wolves
Lutheran West stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 12-5 margin over the Cuyahoga Heights Red Wolves. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Lutheran West.
Eric Dill was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. Dill was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Lutheran West got a massive performance out of Adam Flachbart, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4. Flachbart has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Bryce Groppe, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Lutheran West pushed their record up to 6-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Cuyahoga Heights, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-4.
Lutheran West will head out on the road to square off against Brooklyn at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Lutheran West's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Brooklyn's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Cuyahoga Heights, they will head out on the road to challenge Fairview at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
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