By GameChanger Media

 

Lakeside Warriors’ effort to come back from down five runs in the second inning came up just short, as they fell 7-5 to Minden on Thursday.

 

Lakeside closed the gap by scoring on a single, a single and a ground out.

 

Minden got on the board in the bottom of the first inning after a double scored one run, and a passed ball scored two runs. They added to their early lead in the bottom of the second inning with a single and a walk, each scoring one run.

 

Warriors tied the game in the top of the fifth thanks to a single by Jon Jon Dick and a ground out by Eli Campbell. A triple gave Minden the lead, 6-5, in the bottom of the fifth.

 

Minden’s starting pitcher gave up 11 hits and five runs (four earned) over seven innings, striking out three and walking three.

 

Campbell took the loss for Lakeside. The righty went two innings, surrendering one run on three hits, striking out two and walking one. Brock Case stepped on the mound first. The starting pitcher gave up four hits and five runs (two earned) over one and one-third innings, striking out two and walking two.

 

Warriors tallied 11 hits in the game. Gage Williams, Dick, Jake Glass, and Peyton Gray each collected two hits. Campbell and Maddox Cascio were tough to handle back-to-back in the lineup, as each drove in one run for Warriors who ran wild on the base paths, collecting four stolen bases for the game. They turned one double play.

 

Minden tallied 12 hits in the game.