After having lost a blowout in their previous game, Lamar was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past the Martin Warriors 3-2. This was a revenge contest for Lamar, as the team was forced to settle for a 7-1 defeat when these two played last Tuesday.
Lamar got a great performance from Luke Lazier as he struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
At the plate, Lamar's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Cooper Barnard, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with a triple, a stolen base, and an RBI. Barnard has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
On Martin's side, Beau Lang was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out 11 batters over nine innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits (and not a single walk).
On the hitting side, Logan Baresh made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-4 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Cohl McCoy, who went 2-for-5 with a triple.
Lamar is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-9 record this season. As for Martin, their loss dropped their record down to 9-9-1.
Lamar will head out on the road to face off against Ennis at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lamar is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season. As for Martin, they will head out on the road to square off against Haltom at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Haltom's hitters has struggled lately (they haven't scored a run in four consecutive games), something the team is no doubt ready to change.
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