Baseball Game Preview: Allatoona Buccaneers vs. Dalton Catamounts

For the second straight game, Allatoona will face off against Dalton. Allatoona will be playing at home against Dalton at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Allatoona will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.

Dalton's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Friday: Allatoona hadn't allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. Allatoona's pitcher stepped up to hand Dalton a 5-0 shutout on Wednesday.

Cooper Underwood

Batters Struck Out (Career)

03/26/25 vs Dalton	16
03/11/24 vs Woodstock	14
03/11/25 @ Cedartown	13
03/04/25 vs Cartersville	12
02/22/25 vs Dawson County	11

Not much got past Cooper Underwood, who gave up just two hits and racked up 16 Ks to keep Dalton off the board. Those 16 strikeouts gave Underwood a new career-high.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Cruz Paul, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one triple. Sam Tomczak was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.

Allatoona's win was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Dalton, with the loss, they broke their nine-game winning streak and moved their record to 14-4.