Baseball Preview: Dixon Bulldogs vs. Swansboro Pirates
Dixon is 0-10 against Swansboro since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Dixon Bulldogs will head out on the road to take on the Swansboro Pirates at 7:00 p.m. Dixon will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Dixon is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past White Oak 22-8.
Dixon got a massive performance out of Bryson Ponsock, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Luke Vincent, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Swansboro's offense. They fell 3-0 to Croatan on Thursday. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Swansboro has not been shut out since back in March.
Swansboro saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rusty Haswell, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Dixon's victory bumped their record up to 7-11. As for Swansboro, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-6.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Dixon has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.8 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Swansboro struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Dixon came up short against Swansboro in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 6-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Swansboro's Ryan Brinkley, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over six innings pitched. Now that Dixon knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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