Baseball Preview: Dawson Eagles vs. Alvin Yellowjackets
Dawson is 1-9 against Alvin since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Dawson Eagles will look to defend their home field against the Alvin Yellowjackets at 6:00 p.m. Dawson is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
Dawson is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Tuesday, just like they did against Alief Elsik (and have done all season long). Dawson never let Alief Elsik onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory on Friday.
Travis Minard looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Gabe McFarland, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Gage Greene, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Alvin unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Saturday. Their rough 10-4 defeat to Bridgeland might stick with them for a while.
Alvin also got a good showing from Emmanuel Maldonado, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Caden Burgess was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Andrew Morse, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Dawson has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 17-10-3 record this season. As for Alvin, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-16-1.
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