Houghton waltzed into their matchup on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They put the hurt on the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes with a sharp 12-2 victory. The result was nothing new for Houghton, who have now won three games by seven runs or more so far this season.
For Lake Linden-Hubbell's part, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Olivia Shank, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Lake Linden-Hubbell didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Houghton pushed their record up to 7-3 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Lake Linden-Hubbell, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-5.
Houghton will head out on the road to square off against Calumet at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Houghton is facing Calumet at the right time seeing as Calumet is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Lake Linden-Hubbell, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 14-2 victory vs. Gogebic [Johnston/Wakefield] on the 10th.
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