The Waconia Lakers had not won their last 12 meetings against the Chaska Cubs and ended that streak with a 4-1 victory at Athletic Park in Chaska. Some timely hitting and outstanding pitching propelled the Lakers in the win. The Lakers got on the board first with Kodey Simon muscling a sac fly to right field scoring the fleet footed Tom "Train" Lyons. Chris Bullis got his first start on the mound and went 7 innings, but ran into some trouble in the 7th, with the bases loaded and 2 outs Bullis got exactly what he needed, a line drive right at shortstop Ben Smothers. The Lakers added a couple insurance runs in the 8th inning with singles from Kevin Bullis and Ben Smothers, who later scored on a Ronnie Olson double to put the Lakers up 4-1. Chris Bullis had this to say after the game, "My wife finally came to a game, so I knew if I didn't play well she wouldn't come back. I did what I had to do." The Lakers are now 5-0 and play Cologne on Saturday in Waconia at 4:00.
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