Baseball Preview: Haxtun Fightin' Bulldogs vs. Holly Wildcats
Haxtun has been on the road for four straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Holly Wildcats at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Haxtun heads in on the heels of a playoff match on Friday. They lost 11-0 to Merino. Haxtun was red-hot at the plate headed into the game (they scored no less than ten runs in the four contests prior) but Merino's pitchers proved too tough.
Haxtun saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaiden Schelling, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Even though they lost, Haxtun didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Merino only tossed four.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 15 runs the game before, Holly was a bit more limited in their matchup on Saturday. They lost 11-1 to Eads.
Haxtun's loss dropped their record down to 15-5. As for Holly, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-8.
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