The Woodmore Wildcats will face off against the Lakota Raiders at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Woodmore took a 16-run loss the last time they faced off against New Riegel, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Wildcats sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Blue Jackets on Tuesday.

Calvin Lipstraw
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Calvin Lipstraw was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three). He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with one run and one double.
In other pitching news, Keil Almroth looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Lipstraw wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Michael Seeger, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base.
Van Buren hit Lakota with a six-run fifth inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Raiders came up short against the Black Knights, falling 12-2. The Raiders haven't had much luck with the Black Knights recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Lakota now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Woodmore, their victory bumped their record up to 10-5.
Woodmore skirted past Lakota 11-9 in their previous meeting last Tuesday. Do the Wildcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Raiders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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