The Lakewood Rangers will take on the Lake Catholic Cougars at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The last five games Lakewood has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
If Lakewood beats Lake Catholic with two runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. The Rangers never let Buckeye get on the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Saturday.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Lake Catholic ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They came out on top against Perry by a score of 7-4. That's two games straight that the Cougars have won by exactly three runs.
Carson Gilbert looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Brayden Mann, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, one double, and one RBI. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of A.J. Trobenter, who went 1-for-5 with two RBI and one double.
Lake Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups. That somehow still isn't as good as their 18-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.9 runs on average over those games. As for Lakewood, they pushed their record up to 17-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Lakewood came out on top in a nail-biter against Lake Catholic in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. Do the Rangers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cougars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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