The East Lincoln Mustangs will take on the Lake City Panthers at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (East Lincoln 3.9, Lake City 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
East Lincoln is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Victor just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Blue Devils by a score of 8-7.
Ty Davis was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits.
At the plate, Ryker Wensil led a balanced group of hitters, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Matthew Phuntek, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lake City came tearing into last Tuesday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.3 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Silver Foxes with a sharp 21-11 victory. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by exactly ten runs.
Lake City pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 21.0 runs over those games. As for East Lincoln, their loss dropped their record down to 12-5.
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