Baseball Preview: Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers
The Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Buccaneers will be playing at home against the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown will be strutting in after a victory while Minnesota Valley Lutheran will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown finally turned things around against Medford on Thursday. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown came out on top against Medford by a score of 10-0 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). Considering Waterville-Elysian-Morristown has won three matchups by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Ivan Pratt made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Pratt was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Parker James was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Patrick Bauer, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Minnesota Valley Lutheran lost 11-1 to Sleepy Eye on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for Minnesota Valley Lutheran in their matchups with Sleepy Eye: they've now lost seven in a row.
Minnesota Valley Lutheran saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaden Peterson, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown's win bumped their record up to 3-7. As for Minnesota Valley Lutheran, their loss dropped their record down to 6-9.
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