Baseball Preview: Williams Bulldogs vs. Northwood Chargers
The Williams Bulldogs will play host again on Friday to welcome the Northwood Chargers, where first pitch is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Williams will be strutting in after a victory while Northwood will be coming in after a defeat.
Williams' hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Wednesday, when they got past Ragsdale's usually-dominant pitching crew. Williams walked away with an 11-6 win over Ragsdale.
Vince Coker made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Coker has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Coker was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Williams let Angel Mora and Tate Jones loose on the outfield. Mora scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Jones scored two runs while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Dan Mahan, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 21 runs the game before, Northwood was a bit more limited in their contest on Wednesday. They suffered a tough 10-2 loss at the hands of Apex.
Northwood saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Finn Sullivan, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Williams is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for Northwood, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-10.
Williams took their victory against Northwood in their previous matchup back in March of 2023 by a conclusive 11-2. Will Williams repeat their success, or does Northwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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