Tanner extended their losing streak to four on Thursday, dropping them down to 2-4. They lost 14-1 to the Lindsay Lane Christian Academy Lions. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Lions this season, with their most recent loss being a 15-0 defeat on Tuesday.
Tanner saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Michael Dempsey, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
As for Lindsay Lane Christian Academy, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 10-3. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games.
On Lindsay Lane Christian Academy's side, Lincoln Conn made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Conn was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base. Those three runs gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Lindsay Lane Christian Academy let Bryson McMullin and Lane Jones run wild. McMullin got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base, while Jones got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. Those two stolen bases gave Jones a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cooper Abernathy, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Tanner will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Lee at 5:00 p.m. on the 23rd. As for Lindsay Lane Christian Academy, they will welcome Randolph School at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Lions 2.8, the Raiders 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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