Lakeshore hit North Muskegon with a four-run sixth inning on Saturday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Norsemen fell just short of the Lancers by a score of 6-5. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Lancers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 5-1 on Saturday.
North Muskegon saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Charlie Meyers, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. Another was Hunter Darga, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one stolen base.
North Muskegon's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-2. As for Lakeshore, their win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-2.
North Muskegon and Lakeshore should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Michigan Rankings. The Norsemen will face off against Hart at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday with a big rank advantage (42 vs. 334). Meanwhile, Lakeshore (ranked third) will meet Niles (ranked 69th) at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Lancers 3.9, the Vikings 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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