Baseball Recap: Cedar Hill Beats Lancaster for Their Eighth Straight Win

Longhorns

Previous Games

03/21/25 @ Lancaster	16-4
03/18/25 vs Lancaster	23-2
03/14/25 vs Skyline	15-1
03/11/25 @ Skyline	15-1
03/08/25 @ Forney	12-0
+ 3 more games

Cedar Hill had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Friday. They blew past the Lancaster Tigers 16-4. With that victory, the Longhorns brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.

Monte Dismuke spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned (and one unearned) runs on four hits and racked up 13 Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Julian Gonzalez was a standout: he went 2-for-4 with six RBI, three runs, and one triple. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more RBI the last three times he's played. Nathaniel Alvarado also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.

Gonzalez wasn't the only one working in the hit department: Cedar Hill kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. That's a new trend for Cedar Hill: they were averaging 5.5 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 10.8.

Cedar Hill pushed their record up to 13-2-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.3 runs over those games. As for Lancaster, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-7.

Looking ahead, Cedar Hill is taking a road trip to challenge Mesquite at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mesquite's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Cedar Hill's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Lancaster, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Skyline at 7:00 p.m. Lancaster is facing Skyline at the right time seeing as Skyline is stuck on a four-game losing streak.