Baseball Preview: Bauxite Miners vs. Woodlawn Bears
The Bauxite Miners will head out on the road to challenge the Woodlawn Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bauxite can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. They put the hurt on Baptist Prep with a sharp 13-3 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Bauxite considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, Woodlawn entered their tilt with Ouachita with 14 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 15. They came out on top against the Warriors by a score of 9-6 on Tuesday.
Peyton Wells made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Wells was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Dillon Lunsford was a standout: he went 1-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a run. Another player making a difference was Brayden Jones, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Bauxite is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 16-9 record this season. As for Woodlawn, their victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-1.
Bauxite might still be hurting after the 13-4 loss they got from Woodlawn in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can Bauxite avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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