Lakeside extended their losing streak to six on Monday, dropping their season record down to 8-7 in the process. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost a 2-0 heartbreaker at the hands of the Ballard Beavers. If the Lions were looking for revenge after losing 4-2 to the Beavers when the teams met back in April of 2024, then they'll just have to keep looking.
As for Ballard, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games.
For Ballard's part, not much got past Dylan Wallblom, who gave up just four hits to keep Lakeside off the board.
On the hitting side, Ballard saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden DePaula, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI. That's the most hits DePaula has posted since back in May of 2024.
While Lakeside had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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