The Mansfield Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Lake Ridge Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The last four games Mansfield has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Things were looking good for Mansfield after they put the first points on the board on Tuesday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Lake Ridge by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by just one run.
For Lake Ridge's part, they got a great performance from Kayden Mansell as he struck out six batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Mansell is becoming a predictor of Lake Ridge's success: when he allows at most three earned runs the team is 2-1 (and 1-8-2 when he doesn't).
On the hitting side, Lake Ridge saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Preston Willick, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Mansfield's defeat dropped their record down to 11-4-1. As for Lake Ridge, the win snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 3-9-2 record.
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