Austin Thacker turned in his biggest game of the season in Friday's first game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over six innings pitched. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his third in a row with more than six strikeouts. On the season, Thacker has an ERA of .51 over 27.7 innings pitched.
Thacker's strong effort led Lamar over St. Mary and he'll get a chance to do so again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in Friday's second game. Thacker has dominated as far as hits are concerned (he's averaged 1.5 per game this season), but he's got his work cut out for him considering St. Mary's has only allowed six per game this season.
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