Preview: Mooreland Bearcats vs. Drummond Bulldogs
After four games on the road, Mooreland is heading back home. They will take on the Drummond Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Saturday, Mooreland got the win against Oklahoma Bible by a conclusive 18-8. 18 seems to be a good number for Mooreland as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Baylor Short was a standout: he scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three games straight. The team also got some help courtesy of Kase Donley, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Drummond put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They never let Pioneer-Pleasant Vale onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. The victory was nothing new for Drummond as they're now sitting on six straight.
Mooreland's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-6. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.7 runs per game. As for Drummond, their victory bumped their record up to 10-4.
Mooreland suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Drummond in their previous matchup on March 5th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Drummond's Austin Longpine, who struck out six batters over 2.2 innings while giving up no earned run off one hit. Now that Mooreland knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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