Lakin pushed their score to two the last time they played they, but on Tuesday they couldn't quite do it again. They fell just short of the Elkhart Wildcats by a score of 2-1. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Lakin has scored all season.
Lakin saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dru Patterson, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base. Patterson is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
Even though they lost, Lakin didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Lakin are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-4. As for Elkhart, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 1-5.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Lakin beat Elkhart by a score of 11-1 later that day.
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