Baseball Preview: Woodlawn Bears vs. Magnet Cove Panthers
Woodlawn is 6-0 against Magnet Cove since March of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Woodlawn Bears will head out on the road to square off against the Magnet Cove Panthers at 3:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Woodlawn has nine straight wins, Magnet Cove has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Woodlawn put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Monday. Everything went their way against Gurdon as Woodlawn made off with a 15-4 victory.
Dillon Lunsford was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed 2.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs but no hits. Lunsford was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brayden Jones, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Tate Hall was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with three doubles, two runs, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Magnet Cove fell victim to a tough 12-5 loss at the hands of Poyen on Thursday.
Woodlawn pushed their record up to 17-1 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.5 runs per game. As for Magnet Cove, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.
Woodlawn took their victory against Magnet Cove in their previous meeting back in March of 2021 by a conclusive 16-0. Will Woodlawn repeat their success, or does Magnet Cove have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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