The Deer Lakes Lancers will challenge the Knoch Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Deer Lakes has given up an average of 11 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
Deer Lakes is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Saturday. They came up short against Lenoir City, falling 16-6.
Deer Lakes saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Laney Dineff, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. That RBI was Dineff's first of the season. Siena Plummer was another, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Deer Lakes was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Knoch didn't have quite enough to beat Plum on Wednesday and fell 8-7.
Deer Lakes' defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Knoch, they now have a losing record of 0-1-1.
Deer Lakes couldn't quite get it done against Knoch when the teams last played back in May of 2022 as they fell 6-2. Can Deer Lakes avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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