The Linn-Mar Lions will head out to square off against the Kennedy Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Linn-Mar is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Linn-Mar will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Pleasant Valley, who they had gone 0-5 against in their five prior meetings. The Lions never let the Spartans get on the board and left with a 3-0 win on Friday. Three seems to be a good number for the Lions as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Kennedy didn't have quite enough to beat Johnston on Saturday and fell 4-3. That's two games in a row now that the Cougars have lost by just one run.
Linn-Mar's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-0. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.2 runs on average over those games. As for Kennedy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Linn-Mar came up short against Kennedy when the teams last played back in July of 2024, falling 3-0. Can the Lions avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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