Baseball Recap: Dakota Cougars vs. South Lyon Lions
Dakota had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. They walked away with an 8-5 win over the South Lyon Lions. That's more bragging rights for Dakota, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
For South Lyon's part, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Walters, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI.
Dakota pushed their record up to 18-6 with that victory, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. As for South Lyon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 22-6.
Dakota has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Utica Eisenhower at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Utica Eisenhower: 3, Dakota: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for South Lyon, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Lakeland at 4:30 p.m. Lakeland will roll in looking for their 12th straight win, something South Lyon surely won't give up without a fight.
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