With a playoff game on the line, Land O' Lakes rose to the challenge on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Mitchell Mustangs a 4-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Land O' Lakes sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Not much got past Logan Baisley, who gave up just three hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep Mitchell off the board. Baisley has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts every time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Land O' Lakes saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin McCormack, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On Mitchell's side, Landon Serrano was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up four earned runs off four hits.
Land O' Lakes pushed their record up to 20-5 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Mitchell, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-14.
Land O' Lakes has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Springstead at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Land O' Lakes is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season. Mitchell does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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