Baseball Preview: Dixie Heights Colonels vs. Ludlow Panthers
Dixie Heights is 8-0 against Ludlow since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Dixie Heights Colonels will head out on the road to challenge the Ludlow Panthers at 11:00 a.m. Dixie Heights is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
On Friday, it was close, but Dixie Heights sidestepped Campbell County for a 5-3 win.
Dixie Heights got a great performance from Austin Staton as he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
At the plate, Dixie Heights saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryle Cullen, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and an RBI.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last matchup, Ludlow made sure to put some runs up on the board against Williamstown on Thursday. Ludlow blew past Williamstown 18-6.
Jackson Mays made a big impact no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Mays was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Ludlow got a massive performance out of Kaden Morrison, who scored four runs while going 1-for-4. Prescott Baer was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.
Dixie Heights is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-14 record this season. As for Ludlow, the victory got them back to even at 14-14.
Dixie Heights beat Ludlow 12-7 when the teams last played back in May of 2022. Will Dixie Heights repeat their success, or does Ludlow have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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