The Cochranton Cardinals will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lakeview Sailors at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lakeview took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Cochranton, who comes in off a win.
On Wednesday, Cochranton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 8-6 victory over Union City. That's two games straight that Cochranton has won by exactly two runs.
The team relied heavily on Blake Foulk, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, after a string of 13 wins, Lakeview's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Wilmington by a score of 3-2. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Lakeview has scored all season.
Lakeview saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Garet Guthrie, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Cochranton's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-11. As for Lakeview, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-2.
Cochranton might still be hurting after the 22-8 loss they got from Lakeview when the teams last played back in April of 2021. Can Cochranton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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