The Lamphere Rams will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Marine City Mariners at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lamphere: 2.8, Marine City: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Wednesday, Lamphere didn't have quite enough to beat Marine City and fell 3-2.
For Marine City's part, Parker Atkinson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Atkinson has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Atkinson was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-6 with two stolen bases and an RBI.
Atkinson wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Danny VandeVyver, who scored a run while going 3-for-5. Cooper Letson was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-6.
Lamphere's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-6. As for Marine City, they pushed their record up to 14-5 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home.
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