Lake Country Lutheran came tearing into Thursday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.4 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the University School of Milwaukee Wildcats a 5-0 shutout. This was payback for Lake Country Lutheran, who suffered a 4-3 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Not much got past Jack Poellot, who gave up just one hit and racked up 12 Ks to keep University School of Milwaukee off the board. Poellot has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Gavin Skrzypchak and Carter Leibham did most of the damage at the plate: Skrzypchak scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Leibham went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Brendon Flinton, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Lake Country Lutheran's victory was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-2. As for University School of Milwaukee, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-4-1.
Lake Country Lutheran is on the road again on Tuesday to play Luther Prep at 4:30 p.m. Lake Country Lutheran's pitching crew has only allowed 2.3 runs per game this season, so Luther Prep's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for University School of Milwaukee, they have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Shorewood at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Shorewood will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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