The La Vernia Bears are taking a road trip to square off against the Madison Mavericks at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. La Vernia will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
If La Vernia beats Madison with seven runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. La Vernia came out on top against Pieper by a score of 7-2 on Thursday.
Bronson Lange made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with one double. That's the most hits he has posted since back in March of 2024.
Grant Kinzel
| 03/06/25 vs Pieper | 2 |
| 02/28/25 @ Madison | 1 |
| 02/27/25 @ Veterans Memorial | 1 |
| 02/27/25 vs Georgetown | 1 |
| 04/12/24 vs Gonzales | 1 |
In other batting news, La Vernia let Ethan Kunath and Grant Kinzel run wild. Kunath scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Kinzel scored a run while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Kinzel a new career-high in doubles (two). Caden Fox also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
La Vernia always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .548. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Madison). Everything went their way against Stevens on Tuesday as Madison made off with an 11-1 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
The win made it two in a row for Madison and bumps their season record up to 3-4. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for La Vernia, their record is now 5-2.
Everything went La Vernia's way against Madison in their previous meeting on Friday, as La Vernia made off with a 7-1 victory. Does La Vernia have another victory up their sleeve, or will Madison turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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