Union County and Lafayette are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Union County Fightin' Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Lafayette Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Union County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They won by a run and slipped past Liberty County 3-2.
Erick Lasseter and Ayden Androlevich were a major factor no matter where they played. Throwing, Lasseter tossed 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off eight hits. Meanwhile, Androlevich tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Lasseter has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Lasseter got on base in all five of his plate appearances with a double, while Androlevich scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Trenton Klein, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and a double.
Meanwhile, Lafayette had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Cowboys a 1-0 shutout. That's two games straight that Lafayette has won by just one run.
Trevor Byrd was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
Union County pushed their record up to 15-13 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Lafayette, they are on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-2 record this season.
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