The Lawrence Upper Lions will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Andrews Osborne Academy Phoenix at 5:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Lawrence Upper will head into Monday's game ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Thursday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Monday was a bit more commanding. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 11-2 walloping at the hands of Mentor Christian. Lawrence Upper has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Andrews Osborne Academy suffered a rough 15-5 loss at the hands of Open Door Christian on Friday.
Andrews Osborne Academy saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Westrook, who scored three runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Lawrence Upper's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Andrews Osborne Academy, their loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-2.
Lawrence Upper was able to grind out a solid victory over Andrews Osborne Academy when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 7-3. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Andrews Osborne Academy's Jake Huffman, who struck out six batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and six unearned) runs off four hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Lawrence Upper still be able to contain Huffman? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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