We've got a battle between Eagles coming up. Crowley has now lost seven straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since the 8th.
Friday just wasn't the day for Crowley's offense. They lost 6-0 to Mansfield on Friday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lake Ridge). They came out on top against North Crowley by a score of 10-5 on Friday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Eagles with their most commanding win of the season.
Hayden Jones looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and not a single walk). That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in February.
On the hitting side, Lucas Yates was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-3. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Thijs Fallon, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
The win made it two in a row for Lake Ridge and bumps their season record up to 5-9-3. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing nine hits in those games compared to only 5.07 in the others. As for Crowley, their loss dropped their record down to 10-14.
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