Baseball Preview: Dardanelle Sand Lizards vs. Malvern Leopards
The Dardanelle Sand Lizards will head out on the road to face off against the Malvern Leopards at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Dardanelle has four straight victories, Malvern has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Tuesday, everything went Dardanelle's way against Waldron as Dardanelle made off with a 7-1 win.
Chase Weatherford spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on one hit and racked up 13 Ks.
On the hitting side, Alex Hernandez was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Kam Olson, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Malvern didn't have quite enough to beat De Queen on Tuesday and fell 2-1.
Dardanelle pushed their record up to 7-12 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Malvern, their loss dropped their record down to 1-14.
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