{"id":263428,"date":"2026-04-12T03:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/263428\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T03:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:13:11","slug":"lakewood-lancers-vs-long-beach-poly-jackrabbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/263428\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakewood Lancers vs. Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:1\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/lakewood\/lakewood-lancers\/softball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lakewood<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/long-beach\/long-beach-poly-jackrabbits\/softball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Long Beach Poly<\/a> are an even 5-5 against one another  since May of 2021, but likely not for long. The two teams, after both having extra time off,  will shake off the rust and duke it out  at 3:15  p.m.  on Tuesday. One thing working in Lakewood&#8217;s favor is that they have posted at least ten  runs  in their last three matchups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:2\">If Lakewood beats Long Beach Poly with 12  runs on Tuesday, it&#8217;s going to be the  squad&#8217;s new lucky number: they&#8217;ve won their past two  contests with that exact score. The Lancers blew past Woodrow Wilson 12-2 last Wednesday. The result was nothing new for the Lancers, who have now won six games by seven  runs or more  so far this season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ID9c8a3c91ba264ef0b2f3d3e783c64488\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:24px;\" class=\"infosentience-float-left \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4e3bb17e-1827-4a1a-84ae-ad6c81e575d2.gif\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display=\" none=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"ID42f94594a5fc4432bf94a6732f128b05\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:12px;font-family:Siro-Semibold,Siro;font-size:16px !important;font-weight:500;\" class=\"infosentience-standard-text infosentience-float-left \" tabindex=\"-1\"> Bella Polanco<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 @ Woodrow Wilson603\/03\/26 vs Paramount503\/16\/26 @ Valley Christian403\/05\/26 vs Arbor View403\/19\/26 vs Millikan3<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:3\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/lakewood\/lakewood-lancers\/athletes\/bella-polanco\/?careerid=169162q4mbgue\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Bella Polanco<\/a> made a big impact no matter where she played. She  struck out six batters over  seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off   six  hits. Those  six  strikeouts gave  her a new career-high. She was also solid in the batter&#8217;s box,  going 2-for-4 with one  stolen base. That  stolen base marked the first that  she has  snagged this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:4\"> In other batting news, Lakewood let <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/lakewood\/lakewood-lancers\/athletes\/katelynn-lewis\/?careerid=ti0pid5m3lkdd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Katelynn Lewis<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/lakewood\/lakewood-lancers\/athletes\/jamie-ramirez\/?careerid=tcrng78cr0j77\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Jamie Ramirez<\/a> run wild. Lewis  went 4-for-5 with two  runs, two  doubles,  and one  triple, while  Ramirez  went 4-for-5 with four  RBI and one  run. Lewis has been hot recently, having  posted three or more  hits the last three times she&#8217;s  played. Another player making a difference was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/lakewood\/lakewood-lancers\/athletes\/jaszee-childress\/?careerid=9n48cq8qao0ue\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Jaszee Childress<\/a>, who  went 2-for-5 with two  runs and two  RBI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:5\"> Lakewood  hit smart and  finished the game with only one  strikeout. The team has now struck out at least three batters  in four consecutive  matchups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:6\">Long Beach Poly couldn&#8217;t beat Pacifica  last Wednesday even though they stacked four runs on them in the sixth inning. The Jackrabbits came up short against  the Mariners, falling  13-6. The pitching woes were  uncharacteristic for the Jackrabbits, who until this  contest were averaging 3.18  runs allowed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:7\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/long-beach\/long-beach-poly-jackrabbits\/athletes\/bailey-holder\/?careerid=32h1jig2ba944\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Bailey Holder<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/long-beach\/long-beach-poly-jackrabbits\/athletes\/persjah-lam-sam\/?careerid=ctlqgbvl1datd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Persjah Lam Sam<\/a> stepped up to the plate in a big way.  Holder  went 2-for-4 with one  triple, one  stolen base,  and one  RBI, while  Lam Sam  went 2-for-4 with two  runs and one  RBI. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/long-beach\/long-beach-poly-jackrabbits\/athletes\/emoni-lam-sam\/?careerid=0fkk7oeb6go99\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Emoni Lam Sam<\/a> was another key player,  going 2-for-4 with one  run, one  double,  and one  RBI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:8\"> Lakewood has  been performing  well recently as they&#8217;ve  won six of their last eight games. That&#8217;s provided a massive bump to their 10-10 record  this season. The  wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Long Beach Poly,  this is the second loss in a row for them and  nudges their season record down to 8-3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:9\">Tuesday&#8217;s   matchup will be a test for both teams&#8217; pitchers. Lakewood hasn&#8217;t had any issues making contact this season,  having earned a batting average of .360. However, it&#8217;s not like Long Beach Poly struggles in that department as   they&#8217;ve  averaged .462. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:10\"> Lakewood might still be hurting after the  10-0 loss they got from Long Beach Poly  when the teams last played  back in March. Can the Lancers avenge their  defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We&#8217;ll find out soon enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lakewood and Long Beach Poly are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2021, but likely&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-263428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}