Trinity Lutheran has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Rising Sun Shiners at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Trinity Lutheran will be strutting in after a victory while Rising Sun will be coming in after a defeat.
Trinity Lutheran is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Crothersville with a sharp 19-3 win on Saturday. The result was nothing new for Trinity Lutheran, who have now won seven contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Drake Goodpaster and Levi Pottschmidt made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Goodpaster struck out seven batters over 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Meanwhile, Pottschmidt tossed 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Goodpaster has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Goodpaster went 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles, while Pottschmidt scored a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Trinity Lutheran got a massive performance out of Jackson Trueblood, who scored four runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Peyton Pollert, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Rising Sun was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their 13th straight loss. They lost 11-2 to Jac-Cen-Del.
Rising Sun saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Wilson, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Trinity Lutheran pushed their record up to 12-11 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Rising Sun, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-18.
Trinity Lutheran might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Rising Sun in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Trinity Lutheran avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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