On Wednesday, March 8th, the McClatchy Lions Varsity Baseball team experienced a dominating loss to the Lincoln Trojans in a 1-4 outcome at Lincoln High. After the game, the two teams upgraded their record for the season. With McClatchy’s season now1 and 3, and Linocln moving to 3 and 1.
By the time the game was over, the Trojans had much higher percentages in all aspects of the game. With the Lion’s batting average of .235 and the Trojans with an average of .316, it is clear that the Trojans had this game wrapped up in the scoring column. Although the Lions ended with a fielding percentage of .963 and the Trojans ended with a .898 percent, showing the C.K. McClatchy Lions put up a fight on defense.
With the scores coming later in the 5th and 6th innings for the Lincoln Trojans, the Lions showed heart and resilience to try and win this game, but the Trojans were too much. The C.K. McClatchy Lions did hold the Trojans to only 6 hits and the Lions were held to 5 hits throughout the game. It was a hard-fought game by both teams but the Lincoln Trojans came out on top in the end.