The Lebanon Warriors will challenge the Turpin Spartans at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Lebanon is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.3 runs per game this season.
Lebanon's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Taylor as they made off with a 17-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Warriors, who have now won seven games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Hayden Masenheimer looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Wyatt Minic was a standout: he got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Will Alt, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and one RBI.
Lebanon kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Taylor didn't got any hits.
Loveland typically has all the answers at home, but on Wednesday Turpin proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Tigers, sneaking past 7-5. The game was the first time the Spartans have beaten the Tigers on their field since April 17, 2019.
Turpin has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Lebanon, their win bumped their record up to 11-4.
Lebanon couldn't quite get it done against Turpin when the teams last played back in May of 2024 as they fell 7-3. Can the Warriors avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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