The Lake View Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the Westinghouse Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Lake View is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Kennedy just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 9-2 walloping at the hands of the Crusaders. Lake View was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the four games prior) but Kennedy's pitchers proved too tough.
Lake View saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Herrera, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three stolen bases. Another player making a difference was Tony Garcia, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 17 runs the game before, Westinghouse was a bit more limited in their contest on Wednesday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (17-2), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. They have not had much luck with Lake View recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Lake View's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-10. As for Westinghouse, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
Lake View took their win against Westinghouse when the teams last played on Wednesday by a conclusive 17-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake View since the team 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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