The Lakeside Lions will square off against the Lincoln Lynx at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Lakeside 3.3, Lincoln 2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Having struggled with six losses in a row, Lakeside turned things around against Ballard on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged out the Beavers 5-3. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Lions have posted since March 27th.
Meanwhile, Lincoln had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Quakers a 14-0 shutout.
Lincoln pushed their record up to 15-4 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Lakeside, their win bumped their record up to 9-7.
Lakeside came out on top in a nail-biter against Lincoln in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, sneaking past 7-5. Will the Lions repeat their success, or do the Lynx have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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