Baseball Recap: Dakota Beats Swartz Creek for Their Eighth Straight Victory

Cougars

Margin (Wins)

05/17/25 @ Jenison	13
05/01/25 vs Sterling Heights Stevenson	13
04/30/25 vs Sterling Heights Stevenson	13
04/29/25 @ Sterling Heights Stevenson	12
05/08/25 vs Utica Eisenhower	10

Dakota entered their tilt with Swartz Creek on Saturday with seven consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with eight. They put the hurt on the Dragons with a sharp 11-2 victory. Considering the Cougars have won 11 matchups by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Dakota's win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 25-7-1. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.8 runs over those games. As for Swartz Creek, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 17-8-1 record this season.

Dakota has already played their next contest (against Fraser), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Swartz Creek, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 10-0 loss against Howell on the 24th.