Faribault Lakers Baseball: Lakers, Roadrunners PPD after four innings.

Just like in life, timing is everything. The Lakers and Rochester Roadrunners decided to participate in an exhibition game following a VFW game between Faribault and Rochester. That game featured four runs scored by each team in the seventh inning to make Faribault walkoff winners. It also caused the Lakers game to start after 8 pm. Unfortunately the teams could only get through four innings not making it an official game, although it was a non league game that carried no weight in standings or rankings.

 The Lakers got on the board first. After singles by Zander Fitzsimmons and Dylan O'Neil and a walk by Drew Conrad loaded the bases, Mason Conrad came through with an opposite field single to left to score a pair of runs.

In the Lakers second inning, with one out, Jack Jandro tripled to shallow right field, let that marinate. Jandro scored on an infield single by Fitzsimmons. O'Neil followed with a single to put runners on the corners. The Lakers executed a double steal to score Fitzsimmons with O'Neil reaching third on a bad throw. Dante Cannon was hit by a pitch to put runners on the corners again. Austin Rendler singled to drive in the third run of the inning. The next two batters walked with the walk to Dominic Erickson scoring a run. Grant Koch rang the bell with an opposite field single to score two runs. After Jandro reached by a walk, Fitzsimmons drew a walk to make it 9-0. 

The Lakers scored three in the third and two more in the fourth before the game was called. 











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