The Ocean Lakes Dolphins will challenge the Landstown Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Wednesday just wasn't the day for Ocean Lakes' offense. They fell just short of Salem by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. The Dolphins' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Ocean Lakes saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sam Patterson, who went 1-for-3 with one double.
Meanwhile, Landstown lost 8-1 to First Colonial on Wednesday. The loss continues a trend for the Eagles in their meetings with the Patriots: they've now lost eight in a row.
Landstown's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Ocean Lakes, their loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 6-2.
Landstown's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Ocean Lakes has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 12 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Landstown, though, as they've been averaging only 3.6 strikeouts. Will Ocean Lakes keep running through batters, or will the Eagles buck the trend?
Everything went Ocean Lakes' way against Landstown when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Ocean Lakes made off with an 8-0 win. Will the Dolphins repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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