Baseball Game Preview: Gurdon Go-Devils vs. Woodlawn Bears

By Team Reports Apr 8, 2024, 4:49am

Baseball Preview: Gurdon Go-Devils vs. Woodlawn Bears

Gurdon is 0-5 against Woodlawn since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Gurdon Go-Devils will head out on the road to take on the Woodlawn Bears at 5:00 p.m.

Gurdon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 13-3 walloping at the hands of Junction City.

Meanwhile, Woodlawn came tearing into Friday's matchup with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.1 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Trojans as they made off with a 16-9 win. Woodlawn might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won eight matches by seven runs or more this season.

Woodlawn got a massive performance out of Dillon Lunsford, who went 3-for-5 with five RBI, a triple, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Garrett Weatherford, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.

Gurdon's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Woodlawn, their victory was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-1.

Gurdon suffered a grim 15-1 defeat to Woodlawn in their previous matchup back in March. Can Gurdon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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