Baseball Game Preview: Lakota Raiders vs. St. Joseph Central Catholic Crimson Streaks

Raiders

Runs

05/23/25 @ Carey	6
05/19/25 @ Old Fort	7
05/17/25 @ Danbury	11
05/16/25 @ New Riegel	4
05/15/25 @ Elmwood	4
+ 18 more games

The Lakota Raiders will face off against the St. Joseph Central Catholic Crimson Streaks at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Lakota is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.

St. Joseph Central Catholic will be up against a hot Lakota squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. The Raiders had just enough and edged out Carey 6-4.

Lakota let Jacob Hines and Grant Bomer run wild. Hines went 3-for-5 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI, while Bomer went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI. That's the most hits Hines has posted since back in April. Another player making a difference was Grant Scherger, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one RBI.

Meanwhile, St. Joseph Central Catholic fell victim to St. Paul and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They came up short against the Flyers, falling 7-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Crimson Streaks in their meetings with the Flyers: they've now lost six in a row.

Lakota pushed their record up to 13-10 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for St. Joseph Central Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 1-20.

Lakota's speedy runners might be the difference in Tuesday's match. The Raiders have been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 2.7 stolen bases per game. It's a different story for St. Joseph Central Catholic, though, as they've been averaging only 1.1 stolen bases. Will they be able to secure the bases, or will Lakota continue to outrun the ball?

Everything went Lakota's way against St. Joseph Central Catholic in their previous meeting back in April, as Lakota made off with a 12-2 win. Do the Raiders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Crimson Streaks turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.