Baseball Recap: Lake Central Has No Trouble Against Portage

Indians

Margin (Wins)

04/23/25 @ Michigan City	23
04/19/25 vs Columbus North	10
04/09/25 vs Valparaiso	10
04/01/25 vs Lowell	10
04/22/25 vs Michigan City	8

Lake Central came out on top against Portage on Tuesday thanks in part to the team's impressive five-run seventh inning. Lake Central was the clear victor by an 8-2 margin over Portage. Considering Lake Central has won ten games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Josh Flores tossed a big game, striking out 12 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Those 12 strikeouts gave him a new career-high.

At the plate, Drew Kosteba was excellent, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Jacob Zimmerman, who went 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI.

The win made it two in a row for Lake Central and bumps their season record up to 15-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for Portage, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 9-7-1 record this season.

Lake Central will have a chance to go back-to-back against Portage: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.