The Lakeview Sailors will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Cochranton Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. Lakeview is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.6 runs per game this season.
Lakeview is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Wilmington on Monday. They fell just short of the Greyhounds by a score of 3-2. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Lakeview has scored all season.
Lakeview saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Garet Guthrie, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Cochranton had just enough and edged Union City out 8-6 on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Cochranton.
The team relied heavily on Blake Foulk, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Lakeview's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-2. As for Cochranton, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-11.
Lakeview took their victory against Cochranton in their previous meeting back in April of 2021 by a conclusive 22-8. Does Lakeview have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cochranton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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