Lakeside entered their tilt with Arabia Mountain on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Arabia Mountain Rams a 12-0 shutout. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Vikings considering their one-run performance the game before.
Ellie Lenz was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Piper Brown, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lakeside always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .581. The last time their OBP was this high was back in August.
Lakeside's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-2. As for Arabia Mountain, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.
Lakeside will welcome Southwest DeKalb at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams will come into the matchup having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. As for Arabia Mountain, they will venture away from home to face off against Therrell at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Therrell is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 16.2 runs per game this season.
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