On Tuesday, Lincoln East faced Norfolk in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Everything went the Lincoln East Spartans' way against the Norfolk Panthers as the Lincoln East Spartans made off with an 11-3 victory. The result was nothing new for the Spartans, who have now won ten matchups by eight runs or more so far this season.
Lincoln East got a massive performance out of Paetyn Sandy, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Martinez, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lincoln East hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. They are 4-2 when they post two or more strikeouts.
Lincoln East has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Norfolk, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 18-5 record.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Norfolk beat Lincoln East by a score of 13-9 later that day.
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