The Lincoln Northwest Falcons are taking a road trip to face off against the Lincoln Christian Crusaders at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Lincoln Northwest has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Lincoln Christian will arrive with three straight wins.
On Tuesday, Lincoln Northwest came up short against Lincoln Lutheran and fell 7-4.
Lincoln Northwest saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Quenten Lange, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Lincoln Christian beat Gross Catholic 7-3 on Tuesday.
Caleb DeWitt and Grant DeHaan made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, DeWitt tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off nine hits. Meanwhile, DeHaan tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. At the plate, DeWitt got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two RBI, while DeHaan went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. That triple was DeHaan's first of the season.
In other batting news, Ian Brester was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two runs.
Lincoln Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .357 or higher in three consecutive contests.
Lincoln Christian's record is now 8-4. As for Lincoln Northwest, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-12.
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