For the second straight game, Lincoln-Way East will face off against Lockport. The Griffins will face off against the Porters at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Lincoln-Way East has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Lockport will come in with three straight wins.
Lincoln-Way East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Lockport, who was ranked 14th at the time (Lincoln-Way East was ranked fifth). The Griffins fell 4-1 to the Porters on Wednesday.
For Lockport's part, they got a great performance from Martin Kinnane as he pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. The dominant performance also gave Kinnane a new career-high in strikeouts (three).
At the plate, Lockport saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Drew Satunas, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double. Another was Joey DalPonte, who got on base in two of his three plate appearances with two runs.
Lincoln-Way East's loss dropped their record down to 21-8. As for Lockport, their victory bumped their record up to 19-9.
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