Baseball Preview: Lockwood Tigers vs. Bronaugh Wildcats
Lockwood is 5-0 against Bronaugh since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lockwood Tigers will be playing at home against the Bronaugh Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. Lockwood is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.
Last Monday, Lockwood narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Pierce City 11-10. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lockwood.
Landry Ogden made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Ogden was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Lockwood let Skyler Weimer and Quinton Eggerman loose on the outfield. Weimer got on base in three of his five plate appearances with a triple, two RBI, and a run, while Eggerman scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Bronaugh's offense. Their rough 17-0 defeat to Jasper on Monday might stick with them for a while. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Bronaugh's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Lockwood pushed their record up to 12-3 with that win, which was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Bronaugh, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Lockwood took their victory against Bronaugh in their previous matchup back in April of 2021 by a conclusive 17-1. Does Lockwood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bronaugh turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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