The Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Buccaneers at 4:30 p.m.
Minnesota Valley Lutheran will head into Thursday's contest out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Thursday. They lost 11-1 to Sleepy Eye. Minnesota Valley Lutheran has not had much luck with Sleepy Eye recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Minnesota Valley Lutheran saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaden Peterson, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, while Waterville-Elysian-Morristown put up some runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for Medford. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown came out on top against Medford by a score of 10-0 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). The high-scoring effort was just what Waterville-Elysian-Morristown needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
Ivan Pratt made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Pratt was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Parker James was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Patrick Bauer, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Minnesota Valley Lutheran's defeat dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, their record now sits at 3-7.
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