The Heritage Patriots will challenge the Lakewood Park Christian Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Heritage has four straight victories, Lakewood Park Christian has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Heritage let Lakeland stack four runs on them in the first inning on Wednesday but luckily Heritage prevailed anyway. The Patriots won by a run and slipped past the Lakers 7-6. That's two games straight that the Patriots have won by just one run.
The team relied heavily on Cameron Rauner, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run. Mason Abbott was another key player, going 3-for-4 with one double.
Meanwhile, Lakewood Park Christian came up short against Fort Wayne South Side on Tuesday, falling 19-9. Even though they lost, the Panthers' still made a splash at the plate and bumped their average scoring up to 6.4 runs per game (they're now ranked -1th in scoring overall).
Caleb Schlabach was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with five RBI, one run, and one double. That double was his first of the season.
Lakewood Park Christian's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Heritage, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Everything went Heritage's way against Lakewood Park Christian in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Heritage made off with a 12-1 victory. Will the Patriots repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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