Baseball Game Preview: Diboll Lumberjacks vs. Orangefield Bobcats

For the second straight game, Diboll will face off against Orangefield. The Lumberjacks will face off against the Bobcats at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Diboll's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Orangefield's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Diboll heads in on the heels of a playoff game on Thursday. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Orangefield. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Lumberjacks haven't been shut out since back in March.

For Orangefield's part, not much got past Carson Gonzales, who gave up just a hit and racked up 11 Ks to keep Diboll off the board. Gonzales has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Orangefield saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rylan Agerton, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI. Another was Layne Reynolds, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two doubles.

Orangefield has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That somehow still isn't as good as their 22-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Diboll, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-8-1.