On Friday, Lathrop faced Colony in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lathrop Malemutes came out on top against the Colony Knights by a score of 8-4. The win was familiar territory for Lathrop who now have four in a row.
The team relied heavily on Halle Rainer, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1. Kaylee Himes was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
On Colony's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alli Morrissey, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Lathrop has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-6-1 record this season. As for Colony, their loss dropped their record down to 14-8-2.
Lathrop has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Wasilla at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Lathrop is facing Wasilla at the right time seeing as Wasilla is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Colony, they will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against West Valley at 10:30 a.m. West Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
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