White Pine lost against Lake Mead Academy on Friday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The White Pine Bobcats lost 13-1 to the Lake Mead Academy Eagles. White Pine has struggled against Lake Mead Academy recently, as their matchup on Friday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
White Pine saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Daniel Highline, who went 1-for-1 with an RBI. Another player making a difference was Dylan Cessford, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances.
On Lake Mead Academy's side, Cameron LaPres was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. LaPres was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Christian Marrs and Luke Corpuz did most of the damage at the plate: Marrs scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Corpuz scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Corpuz has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Nathan Fennema was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
White Pine's loss dropped their record down to 17-5. As for Lake Mead Academy, they pushed their record up to 17-1 with that victory, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season.
White Pine is on the road again on Thursday to play Needles at 4:00 p.m. Needles will roll in looking for their ninth straight win, something White Pine surely won't give up without a fight. Lake Mead Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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