Baseball Game Preview: LKY Saints vs. Highlands Latin Highlanders

The LKY Saints will square off against the Highlands Latin Highlanders at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. LKY is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.

LKY will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Saturday, then bounced right back against Assumption Academy on Tuesday. The Saints came out on top against Assumption Academy by a score of 11-7. The win continues a trend for the Saints in their matchups with Assumption Academy: they've now won three in a row.

Titus Combs was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because LKY is 2-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 5-6 otherwise. Combs was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.

Nate Armani

Hits (Career)

04/15/25 @ Assumption Academy	3
05/08/24 vs Indy Genesis HomeSchool	2
05/08/24 vs West Michigan	2
04/20/24 @ Owensboro	2
04/19/24 @ Seneca	2

In other batting news, Nate Armani was incredible, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Noah Howell was another key player, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Meanwhile, Highlands Latin was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against LKY, falling 12-1. That's two games in a row now that the Highlanders have lost by exactly 11 runs.

Highlands Latin saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nolan Smith, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Highlands Latin's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for LKY, the victory got them back to even at 7-7.

Everything went LKY's way against Highlands Latin in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as LKY made off with a 12-1 win. Will the Saints repeat their success, or do the Highlanders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.