Lakeland waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They never let the Central Noble Cougars onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory. Four seems to be a good number for Lakeland as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
For Central Noble's part, they got a good showing from Jayden Stump, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over four innings pitched. Stump has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Central Noble saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaiden Burkhart, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Lakeland is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Central Noble, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-5.
Coincidentally, the pair will both be playing Garrett the next time they take the field. Lakeland will host Garrett at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, while Central Noble will host them at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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