The Lexington Minutemen will take on the Seneca Fighting Irish at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Lexington is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They walked away with a 12-8 win over Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin.
Meanwhile, Seneca had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Warriors a 10-0 shutout. Considering the Fighting Irish have won 24 matchups by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Lexington's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-15. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 15.3 runs over those games. As for Seneca, their victory bumped their record up to 32-1.
Lexington might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Seneca when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Can the Minutemen avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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