The Lapwai Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Troy Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing isn't great for Lapwai: they have been struggling with six straight losses at home, while Troy has snatched up five consecutive wins on the road.
Lapwai lost 20-5 to Genesee on Tuesday.
Lapwai saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jared Marek, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Troy didn't have quite enough to beat Clearwater Valley on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Dominic Holden put in work no matter where he played. He struck out ten batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Holden was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
Lapwai's loss dropped their record down to 2-12. As for Troy, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-3.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Lapwai has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Troy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.5. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Lapwai suffered a grim 16-0 defeat to Troy in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Troy's Joseph Bendel, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Now that Lapwai knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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