The Lowell Red Devils will head out on the road to face off against the La Porte Slicers at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lowell has three straight victories, La Porte has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Lowell gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. Everything went their way against Highland as Lowell made off with a 10-2 victory. Ten seems to be a good number for Lowell as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Olivia Fuentes made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over 6.2 innings pitched. Fuentes has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Fuentes was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
In other batting news, Hayden Blocker and Ashlee Evans did most of the damage at the plate: Blocker scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-1, while Evans scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Kaitlyn Williamson was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but La Porte had to settle for a 6-4 loss against Chesterton on Wednesday.
La Porte saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Reghan Penziol, who went 1-for-1 with two RBI.
Lowell's victory bumped their record up to 5-8. As for La Porte, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-5.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Saturday. Lowell hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like La Porte struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Lowell's way against La Porte in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Lowell made off with a 14-2 win. Does Lowell have another victory up their sleeve, or will La Porte turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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