It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Dominican can now relate to. They lost 11-1 to the Lake Country Lutheran Lightning on Thursday. Dominican has struggled against Lake Country Lutheran recently, as their contest on Thursday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Dominican saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Michael Cruz, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases.
On Lake Country Lutheran's side, Braden Theis looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Brendon Flinton, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Preston Manthei, who scored three runs while going 1-for-3.
Dominican's loss dropped their record down to 16-12. As for Lake Country Lutheran, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-3 record this season.
Dominican does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lake Country Lutheran, they will face off against St. Joseph on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lake Country Lutheran: 2.1, St. Joseph: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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