The Martin Luther Spartans will head out to challenge the East Troy Trojans at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Martin Luther is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Martin Luther's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Racine Lutheran/Prairie 13-0. That 13 run margin sets a new team best for the Spartans this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask East Troy). Everything went their way against Big Foot on Thursday as they made off with a 15-5 win. The Trojans haven't had any issues with the Chiefs recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
Seth Lingford made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one RBI.
In other batting news, Brayden Phillips was a standout: he got on base in three of his four plate appearances with four RBI and one run. Another player making a difference was Connor Sickler, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI.
East Troy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .381. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Big Foot only posted a batting average of .222.
Martin Luther's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for East Troy, their record now sits at 4-2.
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