The Lawndale Cardinals will head out on the road to square off against the Leuzinger Olympians at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The last three games Lawndale has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Lawndale fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Santa Monica on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Cardinals have lost by just one run.
Lawndale saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alejandro Zepeda, who went 1-for-4 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Leuzinger). Everything went their way against Morningside on Thursday as they made off with a 31-1 victory. Considering the Olympians have won eight matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Leuzinger has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.0 runs over those games. As for Lawndale, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-7.
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