Lakeville South Baseball Struck Down By Lightning

The Lakeville South baseball team mustered up just two hits—albeit one was a Luke Sather home run—in a 5-1 loss at South Suburban Conference rival Eastview on a sunny Wednesday afternoon in Apple Valley.

Sather gave the Cougars a brief 1-0 lead with his third-inning homer before the Lightning got to South starting pitcher Will Lundquist for their first run to tie the contest at 1-1 in the home half of the frame.

Eastview took the lead for good at 3-1 in the fifth inning as the Cougars were finding it very difficult to get themselves on the basepaths.

South recorded its second and final hit on a Donny Mattia bunt in the top of the sixth inning, yet he was left at first base before Eastview put up their concluding runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the would-be final 5-1 edge.

A double-play catch and throw-out from right field to first base ended the contest as the Cougars dropped to 4-7 overall and 3-8 in the South Suburban.

South is scheduled to host cross-town rival Lakeville North on Saturday at noon, after paying host to Bloomington Kennedy on Friday at 4:15 p.m.