Lyons and York are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Lyons Lions will head out on the road to challenge the York Dukes at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Lyons is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, Lyons came up short against Glenbard West and fell 7-4.
Brady Chambers was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Lyons saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Good, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, York had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 5-2.
Lyons' defeat dropped their record down to 6-3. As for York, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season.
Lyons suffered a grim 13-1 defeat to York when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Lyons avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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