The Lutcher Bulldogs will challenge the Northshore Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Lutcher sitting on three straight wins and Northshore on eight.
Lutcher's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Springfield as Lutcher made off with a 15-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Lutcher, who have now won ten matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Northshore earned a 6-2 win over Archbishop Shaw on Saturday.
Ethan Freeman tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three).
At the plate, David Cantrelle was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. That's the most stolen bases he has posted over his last 12 games. Connor Smith was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Northshore's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 25-4-1. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Lutcher, their victory bumped their record up to 17-7.
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