Lincoln East stacked a 16th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. Everything went their way against the Lincoln Northeast Rockets as the Lincoln East Spartans made off with a 9-1 victory. The win was nothing new for Lincoln East as they're now sitting on ten straight.
Keith Knaak looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Garrett Springer, who went 2-for-3 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Tanner Peterson, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
On Lincoln Northeast's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cooper Thelen, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Lincoln East pushed their record up to 23-1 with that victory, which was their 22nd straight at home dating back to last season. As for Lincoln Northeast, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-17.
Lincoln East will head out on the road to face off against Skutt Catholic on Tuesday. Lincoln East is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.3 runs per game this season. As for Lincoln Northeast, they will head out on the road to square off against Fremont at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Fremont's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Lincoln Northeast's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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