The Lakeside Vikings will venture away from home to challenge the Arabia Mountain Rams at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lakeside has four straight victories, Arabia Mountain has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Lakeside will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Decatur, who they hadn't topped in eight consecutive meetings. Lakeside narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Decatur 1-0.
Not much got past Molly McHoul, who gave up just two hits to keep Decatur off the board. McHoul has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Lakeside saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Piper Brown, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Arabia Mountain's offense. They came up short against Chamblee on Tuesday, falling 16-0.
Lakeside pushed their record up to 10-2 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Arabia Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything went Lakeside's way against Arabia Mountain when the teams last played back in October of 2023 as Lakeside made off with an 18-3 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lakeside since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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