Lincoln East and Millard North are an even 3-3 against one another since April of 2016, but likely not for long. The Lincoln East Spartans will face off against the Millard North Mustangs at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. Lincoln East is coming into the contest hot, having won their last 16 games.
Lincoln East stacked a 21st blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Omaha Westside a 9-0 shutout. Nine seems to be a good number for Lincoln East as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Lincoln East got a great performance from Carter Mick as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over 5.1 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, AJ Evasco was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Troy Peltz, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run and three RBI.
Meanwhile, Millard North has not done well against Millard South recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Millard North came out on top in a nail-biter against Millard South and snuck past 5-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Millard North.
Millard North also got a great performance from Carson Obrecht as he struck out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Obrecht has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Trent Pfeiffer, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Jay Twedt was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Lincoln East pushed their record up to 29-1 with that victory, which was their 25th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Millard North, their win bumped their record up to 10-17.
Everything went Lincoln East's way against Millard North when the teams last played last Monday as Lincoln East made off with a 15-3 victory. Will Lincoln East repeat their success, or does Millard North have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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