After a string of five wins, Lakeside's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Merryville Panthers by a score of 3-2. Lakeside was red-hot at the plate headed into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the four contests prior) but Merryville's pitcher proved too tough.
Lakeside saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mackenzie McCoy, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Lakeside's defeat dropped their record down to 18-17. As for Merryville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
While Lakeside had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled on Wednesday.
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