Lake Central put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Saturday. Everything went their way against the NorthWood Panthers as the Lake Central Indians made off with an 11-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lake Central.
Grant Mercer looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Drew Kosteba and Victor Villegas did most of the damage at the plate: Kosteba scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Villegas scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryder Fernandez, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On NorthWood's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Mashack, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Lake Central has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season. As for NorthWood, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 14-14.
Lake Central is on the road again on Thursday to play Munster at 7:00 p.m. Lake Central's pitching crew has only allowed 2.5 runs per game this season, so Munster's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for NorthWood, they will face off against East Noble at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. East Noble is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.
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