Creston- IA- Iowa Lakes dropped two games against Southwestern Community College. Iowa Lakes battled tough in both games, but fell short in both affairs. The Lakers dropped game one 7-5 and game two 12-11.

Game 1

Southwestern struck first in the bottom of the second inning scoring 5 runs off a few hits and 3 huge errors. Martin Eckard started the game, but could not get any help from the defense. The Lakers scratched a run across in the top of the 3rd inning when Alex Bline hit a single to left field and was later driven in after a walk issued to Jordan Deadwyler. Southwestern answered back quickly putting up two more runs in the bottom of the 4^th. The Lakers started to rally as they scored two runs in the top of the 5^th inning cutting the Southwestern's lead to 4. Bline roped a double down the left field line and advanced to 3^rd on a wild pitch. Mikey Adams was hit by a pitch and advanced second after a thrown away pick-off attempt scoring Bline. Deadwyler smoked a double to left center to drive in Adams and record his 2^nd RBI of the game. In the top of the 7^th inning, the Lakers rallied across two more runs, but fell short when the closer struck out the last batter of the game. Southwestern won the game 7-5 and handed Iowa Lakes their 8^th loss on the season.

Notable pitching performances- Eckard threw 4.0 innings with 6 strikeouts and 3 earned runs. Beau Britton made his debut as a Laker pitching 2 innings of scoreless baseball and striking out 2.   

Game 2

Another slow start for the Lakers, but they scored first in the 2^nd inning on Tavan Shahidi's first collegiate home run to left center making it 1-0.  Southwestern responded immediately scoring four runs in the bottom half of the inning. The Lakers were down 4-1, but cut Southwestern's led down to one having Spenser Larson lead off with a walk and advancing on a pair of wild pitches. BJ Johnson drove Larson in with a sacrifice fly to left center. Adams reached on an error and later scored after Ashtin Moxey hit a single to left center. Southwestern continued to battle back plating another run in the 3^rd and 5 in the 4^th giving them a 10-3 lead. The Lakers add one more in the 5^th after a lead-off double from Deadwyler and a seeing eye single from Connor Mitchell. Southwestern didn't stop there. The Spartans added 2 more runs in the bottom half of the 5^th giving them a 12-4 lead. The rally began for Iowa Lakes in the 6^th inning. Larson walked, Johnson singled to right center, Marcus Wohl walked, Adams hit a 2 RBI double to left field, Deadwyler struck out, Ashtin Moxey singled through the middle to drive in 2 runs, Shahidi singled, Mitchell singled and drove Moxey in, Chad Hinkle rolled over into a fielder choice, Larson singled to left center, Johnson singled up the middle, Wohl was hit by a pitch to load the bases, and Adams laced a ball down the line that was caught by the third baseman to end the rally making it a one run game 12-11. The Lakers almost had something brewing in the 7^th, but couldn't get it going leaving 2 runs on base and giving themselves their 9^th loss on the year.      

Pitching in game 2 – Paul Mudrow got the start pitching 3 innings, striking out 3, giving up 5 earned runs, 5 hits, and walking 3. Zach Meyer threw .2 innings allowing 5 earned runs, 4 hits, and one walk. Mitch Ebben entered the game pitching 1.1 innings allowing 2 runs on 3 hits and striking out one. Joe Fitka threw the last inning retiring all three hitters he faced striking out two of them.

Impacts for the Lakers - BJ Johnson was 4-6 on the day with four singles, two runs, two RBIs, two walks, one sac fly, and one stolen base. Deadwyler was 4-7 with two doubles, two RBIs, one run, and a walk. Shahidi was 4-7 with a homerun, one double, one run, one walk, and one hit by pitch.

The Lakers move to 4-9 on the year and are looking to play next weekend at Iowa Western in Council Bluffs, Iowa.