The Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks will challenge the Lincoln East Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Lincoln Southwest comes in on six and Lincoln East on 17.
Lincoln Southwest is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Millard South and snuck past 4-2.
Karter Chamberlain tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits (and not a single walk).
On the hitting side, Lincoln Southwest saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trent Buda, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Caden Ransom, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Lincoln East ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They had just enough and edged Millard North out 5-4.
Lincoln East also got a great performance from Carter Mick as he tossed five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Mick has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Garrett Springer was excellent, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Jeter Worthley, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Lincoln Southwest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Lincoln East, their record is now 30-1.
Lincoln Southwest might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Lincoln East in their previous matchup back in April. Can Lincoln Southwest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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