The Warrensburg-Latham Cardinals are taking a road trip to take on the Lexington Minutemen at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Warrensburg-Latham's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Lexington's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Warrensburg-Latham fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Shelbyville on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Rams by a score of 5-4.
Trenton Bridges put in work no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. He has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one double.
In other batting news, Nick Shelsta was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with one home run and one stolen base. Another player making a difference was Brody Brown, who went 1-for-4 with one home run and three RBI.
Meanwhile, Lexington didn't have quite enough to beat Fieldcrest on Wednesday and fell 4-3. The Minutemen haven't had much luck with the Knights recently, as the team has come up short the last nine times they've met.
Joe Steffen made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with three RBI and one double.
Lexington's record is now 11-10. As for Warrensburg-Latham, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Warrensburg-Latham has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Lexington struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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