Baseball Recap: East Lincoln Wins Going Away Against Lake City

Mustangs

Margin (Wins)

02/26/25 @ Kings Mountain	16
03/25/25 @ Foard	14
03/11/25 @ Hickory	13
03/28/25 vs Foard	11
04/15/25 vs Brockport	10

The East Lincoln Mustangs made easy work of the Lake City Panthers on Thursday and carried off a 9-2 victory. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by seven runs or more this season.

The team relied heavily on Evan Matile, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and two doubles. The team also got some help courtesy of Miles Welch, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, two doubles, and one RBI.

East Lincoln was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .379 or higher in four consecutive matchups.

East Lincoln is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for Lake City, with the defeat, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-3.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. East Lincoln will welcome West Iredell at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Lake City, they will host Lamar at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.