The Lawrence Central Bears will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Heritage Christian Eagles at 12:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Lawrence Central earned a 5-2 victory over Warren Central. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lawrence Central.
Lawrence Central got a great performance from Quentin Espinoza as he tossed six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Espinoza has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Nick Johnson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Heritage Christian put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Friday. Everything went their way against Triton Central as Heritage Christian made off with a 15-4 win. The victory was familiar territory for Heritage Christian who now have four in a row.
Heritage Christian got a massive performance out of Will Ambrose, who went 1-for-3 with a home run, five RBI, and three runs. Tyler Allemeier was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Lawrence Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-10 record this season. As for Heritage Christian, their win bumped their record up to 14-10.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
