Baseball Preview: Tonkawa Buccaneers vs. Blackwell Maroons
The Tonkawa Buccaneers will head out on the road to face off against the Blackwell Maroons at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Tonkawa is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
Last Friday, it was close, but Tonkawa sidestepped Newkirk for an 8-6 victory. That's two games straight that Tonkawa has won by exactly two runs.
Cayden Duvall made a big impact no matter where he played. He tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Duvall was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
In other batting news, Tonkawa let Barrick Wano and Westyn Freeman loose on the outfield. Wano went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double, while Freeman scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Brett Shepherd, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Blackwell suffered a rough 11-1 defeat at the hands of Crossings Christian on Thursday. Blackwell has not had much luck with Crossings Christian recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Blackwell saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zaden Root, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Tonkawa has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Blackwell, their loss dropped their record down to 8-16.
Everything went Tonkawa's way against Blackwell in their previous matchup back in March as Tonkawa made off with an 8-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tonkawa since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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