The Lake-Lehman Knights will head out to take on the Wyoming Area Warriors at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Lake-Lehman's offense. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Holy Redeemer on Thursday. The Knights' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wyoming Area). They blew past Tunkhannock 17-1 on Thursday. The victory continues a trend for the Warriors in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won three in a row.
Marco Altavilla looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out six over four innings pitched. Those six strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
At the plate, Wyoming Area got a massive performance out of Jeremy Layland, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. Those four RBI gave Layland a new career-high. Anthony DeLucca was another key player, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI.
Wyoming Area always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .676. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Lake-Lehman's defeat dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Wyoming Area, the win got them back to even at 6-6.
Lake-Lehman was able to grind out a solid victory over Wyoming Area in their previous meeting on April 9th, winning 6-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Knights since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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