The Caesar Rodney Riders will challenge the Lake Forest Spartans at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Caesar Rodney has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with six straight losses, while Lake Forest will come in with 14 straight wins.
Caravel Academy hit Caesar Rodney with a four-run sixth inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Riders lost 13-6 to the Buccaneers.
Meanwhile, Lake Forest faced Smyrna in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Spartans' pitchers stepped up to hand the Eagles an 8-0 shutout. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Lake Forest pushed their record up to 14-0 with the victory, which was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for Caesar Rodney, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9.
Caesar Rodney came out on top in a nail-biter against Lake Forest when the teams last played back in May of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. Will the Riders repeat their success, or do the Spartans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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