The Lakeland Lakers baseball team played host to the Clark Stae Eagles today in a continuation of their last game thaat was called in the 7th inning with a a 3-3 score - and then a traditional DH. The final score of the continuation game was Eagles 5 and Lakers 4 in 8 innings. In the continuation game, Lakeland had their chances. In the top of the 7th inning, they had runners on 2nd and 3rd with no one out and then didn't score as they hit 2 ground ball outs to a pulled in infield and then a pop out to finish the inning. Malakai Roberts was in relief of this game and shut the Eagles down in the bottom of the 7th inning. In the top of the 8th inning, Kris Scandy had a 1 out single. RJ Petties followed by ripping an RBI double to left-center field giving the Lakers the 4-3 edge going into the bottom of the 8th inning. Unfortunately, Lakeland would committ 2 errors in the 8th and the Eagles tood advantage. The inning started with a leadoff strikeout that reached base on an error. Later in the inning, with a runner on 2nd and 3rd, Clark State would hit a routine grounder to a drawn in infield while sending the runner home. An errant throw allowed the run to score. The Eagles followed that up with a suicide squeeze to score the winning run. Abe Bayus started the game and pitched 4 innings allowing 3 hits and 2 earned runs while striking out 2 batters. Seena Amani relieved and pitched 2 innings allowing 1 hit, and an unearned run, while striking out 2 batters. Malakai Roberts would take the loss pitching 1.1 innings allowing 3 hits, 2 runs (0 earned) while striking out 3 batters. Caden Gopalakrishna went 1-2 with two RBI's and RJ Petties finished 1-1 with an RBI double.

Game two and threee were played quickly with the Lakers dropping the games by the scores of 6-0 and 14-0. Offensively in game two, Lakeland managed just 6 hits. Ben Sterritt went 2-3 with a double while Tyronne Barbosa collected a pair of singles. Kris Scandy and Philip Putnam both picked up hits for the Lakers too. Abe Bayus started on the mound and pitched 4 innings allowing 5 hits and 3 earned runs while striking out 6 batters. Lenny Feckner relieved and pitched 2 innings allowing 2 hits and 3 earned runs while striking out 3 batters. Lakeland managed 3 hits in game 3. Johnathan Cook, Seth Freeman, and Zach Fronk collected hits for the Lakers. Tyler Kelly took the loss as he pitched 2.2 innings and allowed 6 earned runs on 7 hits while striking out 1 batter. Rickey McLeod relieved and pitched 2.1 innings allowing 8 runs (6 earned) on 6 hits while striking out 1 batter.

Krauses Comments: "That first game got away from us today and then we really never recovered. Due to weather, this was the first time we've been able to play on our home field this season - which is a challenge - however, we tip our caps to the Eagles as they played well all day. We still control our destiny in terms of making it to post-season. We'll regroup and come out with a strong effort tomorrow."

Next Up: The Lakers will play host to the Edison State Chargers on Saturday in a doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 pm.